Carrying a Tripod on Field Trips

[Glenn NK]

Found this on the Lowepro site - Hideaway tripod mount (at left of page near bottom):

http://www.lowepro.com/slingshot

It's shown on a Slingshot - which I use, but mine doesn't have the tripod carrier. I'm going to look into it; it could be sewn onto an existing bag (I've already added an extra shoulder strap).

Glenn

[Kenyon Gyro]

A couple of thoughts for this thread.

1) Consider an arrow quiver to carry the tripod.

2) Use a gyro stabilizer (www.ken-lab.com) instead of a tripod.

[FrankMi]

A couple of thoughts for this thread.

1) Consider an arrow quiver to carry the tripod.

2) Use a gyro stabilizer (www.ken-lab.com) instead of a tripod.

Neat! The gyro stabilizer would be just the ticket when you are shooting from a moving vehicle. Usually I'm using the tripod to get multiple exposures of a scene for possible tonemapped processing.

[deborah52]

Have you tried using a monopod?

[Glenn NK]

Have you tried using a monopod?

A monopod might not work too well for time exposures or multiple images that require accurate alignment with each other.

A monopod will stabilize the camera/lens in vertical movements, but not in rotational movements about a vertical axis, and for lateral motion, the photographer provides this. For we "older" types, the tripod is a blessing.

I would suspect that an IS/VR lens might function similar to a monopod - but then I haven't used really long lenses, but I make good use of the two IS lenses I have.

Glenn

[FrankMi]

A monopod might not work too well for time exposures or multiple images that require accurate alignment with each other.

You are correct Glenn. I have had some limited success shooting hand-held multiple exposures and letting Photoshop align the images but it's much easier if I just use a tripod.

Hi Deborah and welcome to CiC! I have used a monopod but with the current stable of vibration reduction lenses there isn't a huge difference anymore. I also do night photography so I can't escape the tripod completely.