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What tripod do you use and aren't many identical?

Started Jun 17, 2019 | Discussions thread
afoton
afoton Senior Member • Posts: 1,870
Re: What tripod do you use and aren't many identical?

setiwan47 wrote:

One of the extra benefits of M43 is the lightness of everything. Most "quality" tripods aren't actually "quality". Instead they are built robust enough to support, say, a Nikon with a 600mm telephoto, or in other words about four M43 cameras with equivalent lenses.

When using telephoto lenses, torsional rigidity is the factor to look for in the tripod. The weight of the camera is not the problem for the tripod, it is the narrow angle of view that makes small movements so prominent in the picture. I would put the same demands for a tripod for a M43 with 300mm as to a Nikon FX with 600mm. I have never seen a tripod that has enough torsional rigidity for the narrow angle of view, but is not robust enough for the weight of a Nikon FX with 600mm.

The head is another matter. A more lightweigth camera does not make the same demand on the head. But still, narrow angles of view set demands on the operation of the head. Small ball heads are not up to the task, because small balls makes it very hard to do small adjustments. Bigger balls makes it a lot easier, and bigger balls also handle the heavier cameras. If using video heads or gimbal heads, the real benefit of more light weight cameras will occur.

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