By: Flood - 6th March 2004 at 23:30
Not a problem – but this thread will continue for several more days yet, you can bet on it!:D:D:D
Flood.
By: ACA345 - 6th March 2004 at 21:31
Thank you everybody for the help:D 😀
By: Snapper - 6th March 2004 at 20:33
handle
By: Flood - 6th March 2004 at 20:16
Originally posted by Snapper
Ha. I bought a monopod for my first Legends. Hehe. I can still recall the two Spitfires crossing dead ahead well fast. Not that I have any part of either of them on the slide……Forget a monopod for Legends. Just pan.
Sauce or frying…?:confused:
Flood.
By: Snapper - 6th March 2004 at 20:12
Ha. I bought a monopod for my first Legends. Hehe. I can still recall the two Spitfires crossing dead ahead well fast. Not that I have any part of either of them on the slide……
Forget a monopod for Legends. Just pan.
By: Flood - 6th March 2004 at 17:14
I have tripods – but since the best one wouldn’t fit in the boot of the car without leaving the other gear on the back seat I don’t tend to lug it about.
I do use a monopod for sport (archery, cricket, football, hockey, rugby, even table tennis the other week!) but for aviation pix I wouldn’t bother – except for low level and/or runway shots the subject would usually be too high. The best zooms and long lenses are heavier than cheaper equivalents and I, being a lazy bugger, would rather let the monopod take the weight…;)
Flood.
By: Snapper - 6th March 2004 at 16:55
As Flood said, it’s for mounting the camera/lens combo on a tripod. It adjusts the centre of gravity so that you don’t have something that is front heavy, and therefore liable to slip downwards. It also puts less pressure on the lens mount.
Dependant on the lens, it is removable. I have one for another lens and it has only been affixed a couple of times – I tend to not use tripods.
By: ACA345 - 6th March 2004 at 16:46
Thank you for the quick response. Just to make things clear, it is only a part that is optional and is used to mount on a tripod or monopod. So it may be taken off the lens. Correct? Thanks again, you have been a big help.
By: Flood - 6th March 2004 at 16:39
It will have a hole with a screw thread in it… You can thus mount the lens on a tripod or, more useful to a lens of this length being used in the field, a monopod. The idea would be to support and steady the lens and save your images from camera shake, etc.
I also use this mount for holding the camera and lens combination (with the cameras strap, of course) when walking with them, ready for use.
Flood.
By: Distiller - 6th March 2004 at 16:39
Is that a Canon 400? It’s a handle and pedestal.
By: ACA345 - 6th March 2004 at 16:28
and another pic…
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