Tripod? Monopod? Nothing?

[Jerry_R]

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[bill]

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Good grief.

 

This just goes to show that there is nothing simple, elegant, cheap and effective that cannot be made expensive, bulky, complex and downright over-engineered...

 

There's a lesson in there somewhere...

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[brill64]

i carry a tripod for shooting interiors simply because i consider stability critical with digital capture in mixed or low lighting except where i can happily handhold at f1/1.4 but that's being very candid..unless you're lying down, low angles shot twenty times or more are murder on the back

[tdtaylor]

>> Bill

 

>>Lars

 

 

I can imagine how it works, but for better understanding:

could you please post a picture with a stringpod in action ?

 

Thx.

 

 

 

Best

 

GEORG

 

Here is a commercial one to help illustrate:

 

Kirk Enterprises : Strap Pod

[microview]

(or rice, imported is best)

 

I should think organic wild best for Leica?

[Jeff S]

Along the same line of shooting on a hassleblad screen or the rolleyflex and 4x5, once the image is rotated flipped etc, we are no longer "looking" at it, but rather looking at a composition of shapes.

 

In art classes we used to flip a piece on the light table to discuss what was not working and once it is flipped over, we get away from it as it was created.

 

I still do the same with magazine ad's - I grap the printed proof from the designer and turn it upside down or flip it over against their computer screen, much to the dismay of the girls, but it lets me immediately see how the weight of graphic elements work together, text blocks become graphic shapes when we can not read them.

 

I learned the same technique in art class, using the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I think it was the only time I ever drew a somewhat decent portrait.

 

I gave up my 4x5 and 8x10 years ago. But, I often miss the beautiful view on the ground glass. A totally different and contemplative style of photographing.

 

The technique still comes in handy for me today. I frequently will flip my images in Lightroom, especially those in black and white, to get a better feel for composition. And, after printing, I sometimes repeat the process.

 

I once fell in love with a photo taken by an instructor at a workshop. She told me the image was framed upside down. I flipped it over...and the magic was gone. I no longer wanted to purchase it.

 

Jeff

[FredSF]

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Well, in about 95% of all situations, I use 'nothing'. Once in a great while, I use a so-called 'table-top' tripod. Another alternative I've started to use (again) is the rice bag. This works great, providing you have some sort of support, like a table, a wall, or a parking plot, for instance.

[danyves]

Nothing, handhled only.

[downstairs]

Telesopic ski pole with thread and no head. A bracket for verticals in my pocket.

[Bo_Lorentzen]

Downstairs,

 

THAT is a very nice bracket, looks like it put the 15mm on nodal-point.?

 

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[gib_robinson]

Outdoors, I almost always carry a carbon-fiber tripod and Leica ball head in a sling over my shoulder for close-ups and any situations where DOF is crucial. For how I photograph outdoors, a tripod is indispensable. In the city, I keep one in the car but I never use it for street work.

 

Indoors, I always have a tripod available. With people, portraits never use one.

 

--Gib

[downstairs]

Downstairs,

THAT is a very nice bracket, looks like it put the 15mm on nodal-point.?

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Bo, It's tapped for 28 asph Elmarit and 35 Summilux. I would do the 50 Summicron too if I knew the NP.

[Bo_Lorentzen]

Downstairs

 

THAT is really nice - I was just playing with making a nodal point bracket for mine. Hmm may have to revise my design. Clean and simple is very good.

 

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[downstairs]

Measurements here.