Do you regularly use a tripod?

[stevewmh]

Think there's one in the back of the car, can't honestly remember the last time I used it, possibly for some light painting

Most of the stuff I do can be done handheld with the help of some pretty good OIS. I think it's one of the major innovations of modern lenses. Quite remarkable bit of tech

[stevewmh]

Handheld 1/3s 
Not that exciting a shot but it got 35k views just because it was tagged IOS and I guess people were researching what it does . The lens was just a cheap 15-45 IOS Fuji

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[peterob]

Jan 5, 2023 22:42:22 GMT stevewmh said:

Handheld 1/3s 
Not that exciting a shot but it got 35k views just because it was tagged IOS and I guess people were researching what it does . The lens was just a cheap 15-45 IOS Fuji

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There are a lot of iphone camera users out there - probably why the IOS tag worked.  

[stevewmh]

Should be OIS Not IOS
Yet another senior moment

[zou]

Jan 3, 2023 10:13:03 GMT Kath said:

I was just using a 3 wheel Paterson tank and a MOD54 film holder which worked well enough when I had a darkroom I coudl stand up in.  I just can't seem to get it to work in a changing bag.  Someone linked me to this: www.speedgraphic.co.uk/film_processing/stearman_press_sp445_4x5_developing_tank/28057_p.html?fbclid=IwAR3AjoL_8IIBjoNF-8_lgiqPKiJYjA-_AaTwfA_zeyIA5mCVq-ij5libBUM but it's a bit more money than I want to fork out at the moment.  

I've just seen this: www.bounetphoto.com/bounet-designs-analog-shop which appears to be much less fiddly.

Without actually going through checkout I don't know how much the shipping/tax will be, but $60 seems comparable with a MOD54 unless my memory is way off?

[donerundlecams]

Dec 24, 2022 21:33:03 GMT geoffr said:

Following on from the decent tripod thread a very simple and related question.

Personally, alternatively I have a number of tripods I very rarely use one. I find them inconvenient and, mostly, unnecessary because I want the freedom to move around. I also like to visit places where they are discouraged. The last time I used one was in June at my father-in-law’s 80th.

Do you use one regularly or not and why, if you feel like saying. 

Hi Geoff,

I've never owned a tripod in my 37 1/2 years of fauxtography and have used a tripod, but, twice in life .. the first time was about 5 months after getting a SLR and it was to thin to hold my K1000 w/ 50/2 ... so I handheld it and, ironically, sold my first snap The second time I used a tripod was so I could hold my Pentax Q and Photosniper 300/4.5 just to see what I was trying to snap .   I have used a monopod on numerous occasions in the past and, especially, when shooting football (both UK/European and North American versions).  As for the tripod or, rather, the lack thereof, I have tens of thousands of snaps where I, definitely, should have used a tripod and, because of those, I have sold, probably, thousands of tripods ..... well, at least, hundreds  

Why not use a tripod, mainly because I started shooting spot new events and carrying around a tripod was not really feasible and, subsequently, never bought/used one

Cheers,

Jack

[donerundlecams]

Dec 31, 2022 12:31:49 GMT mick said:

I suppose that someone should have expressed the opinion that a bad tripod is probably worse than no tripod.

Mick

Got that covered in my way too long diatribe, Mick
Cheers,
Jack

[stevewmh]

Looks like I'm going to have to find and dust off the tripod next Tuesday for a still life shoot, if I can be a** ed to take the thing

Or maybe do what I usually do, handheld and bump up the ISO
Always think pots with flowers stuck in look better with a bit of noise

Anyway, laziness can be justified by artistic expression

[donerundlecams]

Jan 7, 2023 10:13:43 GMT stevewmh said:

Looks like I'm going to have to find and dust off the tripod next Tuesday for a still life shoot, if I can be a** ed to take the thing

Or maybe do what I usually do, handheld and bump up the ISO
Always think pots with flowers stuck in look better with a bit of noise

Anyway, laziness can be justified by artistic expression

"bump up the ISO
Always think pots with flowers stuck in look better with a bit of noise

Anyway, laziness can be justified by artistic expression"

That's always worked for me in my digital life, Steve

Cheers,
Jack

[peterob]

Dec 31, 2022 12:31:49 GMT mick said:

I suppose that someone should have expressed the opinion that a bad tripod is probably worse than no tripod.

Mick

I did a double take at the tripod-in-use picture on last week's AP cover which had a camera fitted with a large telephoto zoom mounted on a tripod with the column at full extension.  Definitely not the way to use a tripod.  On the article inside it became apparent why. The advice was to use a tripod (good) but the model used for the illustration (taking a picture through a kitchen window) couldn't see out of the window without bending down. The kitchen must have been a cottage extension with a low ceiling because there are not so many 7' tall men around.  

[davidh]

Jan 19, 2023 7:26:50 GMT peterob said:

Dec 31, 2022 12:31:49 GMT mick said:

I suppose that someone should have expressed the opinion that a bad tripod is probably worse than no tripod.

Mick

I did a double take at the tripod-in-use picture on last week's AP cover which had a camera fitted with a large telephoto zoom mounted on a tripod with the column at full extension.  Definitely not the way to use a tripod.  On the article inside it became apparent why. The advice was to use a tripod (good) but the model used for the illustration (taking a picture through a kitchen window) couldn't see out of the window without bending down. The kitchen must have been a cottage extension with a low ceiling because there are not so many 7' tall men around.  

I'd be more worried that it would appear that they appear to be looking through a viewfinder but the rear LCD is on (and would surely offer a better view anyhow for that type of usage).

[peterob]

Jan 19, 2023 13:15:40 GMT davidh said:

Jan 19, 2023 7:26:50 GMT peterob said:

I did a double take at the tripod-in-use picture on last week's AP cover which had a camera fitted with a large telephoto zoom mounted on a tripod with the column at full extension.  Definitely not the way to use a tripod.  On the article inside it became apparent why. The advice was to use a tripod (good) but the model used for the illustration (taking a picture through a kitchen window) couldn't see out of the window without bending down. The kitchen must have been a cottage extension with a low ceiling because there are not so many 7' tall men around.  

I'd be more worried that it would appear that they appear to be looking through a viewfinder but the rear LCD is on (and would surely offer a better view anyhow for that type of usage).

Never occurred to me.  I would use a right-angle finder and look down into it rather than stoop to peer through the viewfinder.   If I’m birding with a telephoto then I use a gimbal head which lifts the camera significantly, to my eye-height, with no need to raise the column, but I’m only 5’11”.