Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
Only when I'm shooting video (which rarely happens) or where framing needs to be consistent when testing two or more lenses against one another.
DougK
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I need to use my tripod more often than I do.
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
About quarter of the time, but then again I do moderate amount of landscape photography too.
Yokosuka_Mike
Abstract Clarity
I just picked up a used Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Pan-and-Tilt Head for my Manfrotto tripod for the yen equivalent of $46.70.
I walked into my favorite camera shop in Yokohama and was asking about the new Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f1.2 (Fuji X-mount) lens; specifically how much they'd be selling it for when they get it in. While the salesman was on the computer checking things out I wandered around checking out their used stuff. That's when I found the 410 junior gear head sitting on a shelf. It looked new to me - absolutely mint! I played with it and everything worked well, it came with 2 quick release base plates, and, I had been wanting a gear head for some time (I don't like ball heads). I asked the salesman if it was new? He said it was used (you could have fooled me). I said I'll take it! When he rang it up on the cash register he smiled and knocked the price down from 8500 yen to 5500 yen ($46.70 charged on my credit card). This thing new costs $336.88 at B&H. I am a very good customer and I really appreciated the discount.
Why do I want a gear head? I'm fanatical about level horizons and having my perpendiculars at proper right angles. I think it'll be fun to dial in the horizontals and perpendiculars precisely!
All the best,
Mike
I walked into my favorite camera shop in Yokohama and was asking about the new Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f1.2 (Fuji X-mount) lens; specifically how much they'd be selling it for when they get it in. While the salesman was on the computer checking things out I wandered around checking out their used stuff. That's when I found the 410 junior gear head sitting on a shelf. It looked new to me - absolutely mint! I played with it and everything worked well, it came with 2 quick release base plates, and, I had been wanting a gear head for some time (I don't like ball heads). I asked the salesman if it was new? He said it was used (you could have fooled me). I said I'll take it! When he rang it up on the cash register he smiled and knocked the price down from 8500 yen to 5500 yen ($46.70 charged on my credit card). This thing new costs $336.88 at B&H. I am a very good customer and I really appreciated the discount.
Why do I want a gear head? I'm fanatical about level horizons and having my perpendiculars at proper right angles. I think it'll be fun to dial in the horizontals and perpendiculars precisely!
All the best,
Mike
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
I use 35mm cameras which were designed primarily for fast shooting.
Tripods are rather antithetical to that use.
I have owned various tripods but used few of them, and then only occasionally.
Even my seldom used monopod is carried more as defense against small animal attack.
Chris
Tripods are rather antithetical to that use.
I have owned various tripods but used few of them, and then only occasionally.
Even my seldom used monopod is carried more as defense against small animal attack.
Chris