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VicPhillipsMacro In reply to mx [2012-06-07 11:57:59 +0000 UTC]

I've always kinda figured this would be the case for anything but really early morning shots where everything refuses to move on account of being too cold. Mine isn't the lightest or quickest of things and I think even just pausing to swing it into place would have most of the things I shoot off elsewhere. I like the idea of a monopod with a trigger release like a microphone stand that I can adjust the height of in seconds. Which one are you using?? What's it like for adjustment time??

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mx In reply to VicPhillipsMacro [2012-06-08 09:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Aha. Early morning. The time of the day which will elude me for ever more.

I'm trying to use a Neotec tripod, compact ball-head and a monopod (all Manfrotto). The tripod is very fast to set up but when you're waving something like that around, as you have found, it scares a lot of things away. A trigger head sounds good. I tried one out and it seemed good but a bit on the heavy side. I'm not sure what it would be like to make tiny adjustments with it. The Manfrotto ball-head I use has a bit of a droop once I've tightened the head, which is a constant annoyance.

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VicPhillipsMacro In reply to mx [2012-06-08 10:52:48 +0000 UTC]

Not so much a trigger in the head, just for the shaft itself, rather than those clasps most have as I think again that adjusting thoset to get it to the right branch would give the bugger enough time to run off. Still if the thing is a little further into the bush getting the mono into the shrubbery will still leave everything scattering I think. Handheld is more uncomfortable and needs a bunch more luck sometimes but at least sneaking up is a little easier.

I had a similar issue with my old manfrotto ball head, that was a trigger and only an entry level tripod mind but yeh, heavier lenses would cause it to droop and over time ever lighter set ups as the trigger lost a bit of grip. On a Giotto tripod now which even though it came bundled with a head it's not a fixed one (tripod that cannot have the head swapped out tend to loosen up and there is nothing that can be done) and that does a grand job when I do need it but that's rarely on macro.

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VicPhillipsMacro In reply to ARom16 [2012-04-27 19:22:20 +0000 UTC]

ARom, thank you so much. Glad you like it.

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VicPhillipsMacro In reply to JBatts220 [2012-04-27 19:22:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Batts, much appreciated

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