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Re: [OM] Trifles with Tripods, Part 1

Subject: Re: [OM] Trifles with Tripods, Part 1
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:11:26 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> 
> >      http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8292007631/in/photostream
> > 
> >      Frankenpod 01 is a combination of a Manfrotto 3001 tripod, the
> >      crank-up boom
> > from the Focal 20-08-41 tripod, a Velbon PH-250B head, and a Manfrotto 323
> > quick release adapter.  It seems to function as well as I had expected,
> > and only time will tell if it is worth the effort.
>
> For reasons of wanting maximum stability of camera, I have an aversion to 
> anything that takes the camera away from the apex of the tripod. Maybe 
> modern in-camera stabilisation such as possessed by the OM-D renders 
> that caution un-necessary.
>

     A photographer here suggested using two legs of a very light tripod as an 
A-frame support to stabilize the far end of the boom.  Even a monopod with a 
VersaRest would do that.

Chris
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