I was shooting some video clips with my 5D2 and was fighting my gitzo carbon fiber tripod for leg adjustments, seems like there would be a faster tripod out there that has say a squeeze clamp type lock for quick leg adjustments. Does anyone know of such a tripod, It would not have to be the most beefy thing just fast to adjust leg heights from all the way down to all the way up without having 3 separate twist locks to undue. Ron
how much adjusting do you need to do? i've been using tripod for 33 years now and i don't need to fiddle about that much. are you trying to level it? if so instead of trying to do it by legs use a leveling platforn which give you up to 15 degs to play with and it can be done in a few seconds.
video or motion picture tripods all use some form of half ball to level out the camera stage before shooting
most other quick adjustments can be dome using just the top set of pipes. after that they all become pretty much the same in operation.
Well what has gotten me thinking about a faster tripod was when I was shooting different flowers blowing in the wind, They all had different heights that I wanted to film them at and by the time I kept adjusting the legs on my gitzo tripod I was thinking there must be something that allows for adjusting of the legs quick.
They varied from all the way up to most of the way down.
sjms wrote:
you will find it really isn't that mush faster
believe me they'll wait a minute or two for you
I get your point maybe they will but some had bumble bees on them and I missed those . If I could only have gotten the legs in the height I wanted quicker I would have been happy. The gitzo I had to unscrew each lock and adjust height then tighten, 3 locks on each leg at the worst was just to slow.
If your Gitzo is an older model, you might benefit from a newer model with g-locks (they really are better). Chasing bugs, though, is one of those things where I don't think there's really any good solution -- you're always going to be set up in the wrong place.
;- )
Some people have good luck with monopods for fast-moving macro, but it never works for me.
I have the new G lock on but there are 3 locks on each leg. I am shooting video so mono pod would be tough to hold real still. I'm going to normans to try the bogen out and see if it's quicker. Ron
kazman442 wrote:
I have the new G lock on but there are 3 locks on each leg. I am shooting video so mono pod would be tough to hold real still. I'm going to normans to try the bogen out and see if it's quicker. Ron
I own several Neotec Monopods and one (so far) Neotec tripod.
Simply put - there is no faster method to change leg height than a Neotec.
To raise...Pull. When you stop, its locked.
To lower, press a button at the top of a leg and gravity takes over. Letting go of the button locks it again.
No twists, no cams, no hassles.
I know that other tripods work well with twists and cams - but if you want speed and convenience, Neotec will fit the bill.
. If I could only have gotten the legs in the height I wanted quicker I would have been happy. The gitzo I had to unscrew each lock and adjust height then tighten, 3 locks on each leg at the worst was just to slow.