Tip for a light-weight tripod

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Tel
Dec 27, 2003
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This is probably not original, there isn’t much that is. One tends to forget reading things after a while and then come up with a novel idea which isn’t novel at all. Whattever.

This tip is for a light-weight tripod, great for carrying around but not as stable as a heavy-weight. The mirror going up is enough to shake the tripod even if you use a remote to trigger the camera.
Make a length of parcel string with a loop in either end. The top end goes over the tripod camera platform and down on to the apex of the tripod. The lower end has a loop big enough to get your foot in and is just off the ground.
Stick your foot in it and press down a little, instant heavy-weight tripod.

Tel.
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Mark_Reibman
Dec 27, 2003
I like that suggestion as I have a new Manfrotto lightweight tripod that could probably benefit from a trick like that.
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Tel
Dec 28, 2003
An after-thought, it may well work better using one of those luggage rack elastic thingy’s. Then you can tread right down to the ground and eliminate gitters from your foot.
Tel.
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Grant_Dixon
Dec 28, 2003
Tel

I often just hang my camera bag off the tripod and the bag is heavy 🙁

Grant
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Tel
Dec 29, 2003
Hi Grant, with a capital ‘G’ this time,

Yep that too though often I go for a walk with only tripod, camera and one lens. Makes for a disciplined targeting of subjects with a specific lens not to mention a light load 🙂

Tel.
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Grant_Dixon
Dec 29, 2003
Tel

Did I use a capital ‘G’ … hmmm i must have been very ambitious that day.

g.
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Tel
Dec 30, 2003
No, you didn’t, I had in my reply though and I thought that a small ‘g’ was not quite proper for such an esteemed gentleman as yourself
😉
Tel.
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Dick_Smith
Jan 1, 2004
Here’s a question for those of you looking at this forum on the adobeforums.com site. For this thread I’m seeing 5 arrow shapes next to the thread title. For others I see a single vertical box. There must be a significance to these things.

BTW–we’re back in NC, yeah!!!! no more travelling for about 8 weeks.

Dick
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Nancy_S
Jan 1, 2004
Dick,

I visit the forum through the website. To compare…each of the five posts (prior to yours) are marked with a triangle, a new one added to each consecutive post. The post before your question having 5 triangles. Your post has just a rectangular box on end. I believe this distinction is because the triangle is assigned if one clicks on the "Reply" directly under a post rather than typing in the text box and hitting "Post Message".

edit—though the triangles do not appear next to the thread title, they display alongside each post

Nancy
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Al_Millstein
Jan 1, 2004
How about just bearing downward on the camera/on tripood with your free hand. I frequently use one hand for bearing down, and the second hand for cable or air shutter release.

That leaves my third hand free for whatever else comes along.

Al
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Grant_Dixon
Jan 1, 2004
Al

I like the idea of bearing down with you free hand as long as it is some one other than me. I am such a KLUTZ. For whatever if I touch the tripod or the camera I would have been better off hand holding my equipment. Depending my the camera I am using and the when the conditions allow I rely on the self timer or a remote (cable release or ir trigger). Did I mention I am a klutz 😉

g.
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Dick_Smith
Jan 2, 2004
Nancy,

Thanks for the explanation….now it seems to make sense.

Dick

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