[pure-silver] Re: Recommendations for tripod
- From: "pdesmidt tds.net" <pdesmidt@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:56:05 -0500
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Elias_Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Weigh your gear - round up to nearest pound - buy any Monfrotto/Bogen legs
> & head combo who's maximum weight capacity matches your gear's maximum
> weight.
>
I disagree, especially with a poorly balanced load. Lenses of the length
that he's using magnify vibrations tremendously. Thus being on the edge of
the manufacturer's suggested settings will not be good enough. I know this
from experience taking moon pictures with a 1800mm lens. This is not a
normal photographic application. It's really astro photography with a
telescope.
The resonant behavior of the entire system is nonetheless more important
than max load rating. Even some very heavy combinations can ring like a
bell when tapped with a finger. Whatever you use, putting a sandbag on each
leg will help tremendously, if you can. If you're on soft ground, sinking
the huge spiked feet of something like a Zone VI Standard (or any surveyor
type tripod) will drastically increase damping of the system.
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