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I've seen a lot of talk here about tripods. I know that there are advantages/dis-advantages over light weight vs. heavy duty.
I'm trying to discern the difference between a ball head and a pan head with quick release plate.
When I first purchased my digital SLR (Digital Rebel xt), I also bought a lightweight tripod with a quick release plate. I'm not very happy with it, being light weight, it is not very steady when you put even a small telephoto lens on the camera. I do like the quick release so that I can pretty much just set up the tripod and attach the camera to it quickly.
That said, when looking at numerous photography sites, it seems everything is about the tripods with ball heads, so I'm assuming that there is a distinct advantage to these types of tripods. But, they also seem a lot heavier.
So, what kind of tripods do you carry, and is there a such a thing as a good light weight tripod?
Thanks,
Glenn
After submitting this, I looked at tripods up to 5lbs. at B&H Photo and all tripods at this weight have pan heads as opposed to ball heads.
I'm trying to discern the difference between a ball head and a pan head with quick release plate.
When I first purchased my digital SLR (Digital Rebel xt), I also bought a lightweight tripod with a quick release plate. I'm not very happy with it, being light weight, it is not very steady when you put even a small telephoto lens on the camera. I do like the quick release so that I can pretty much just set up the tripod and attach the camera to it quickly.
That said, when looking at numerous photography sites, it seems everything is about the tripods with ball heads, so I'm assuming that there is a distinct advantage to these types of tripods. But, they also seem a lot heavier.
So, what kind of tripods do you carry, and is there a such a thing as a good light weight tripod?
Thanks,
Glenn
After submitting this, I looked at tripods up to 5lbs. at B&H Photo and all tripods at this weight have pan heads as opposed to ball heads.
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