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Recommended Travel Friendly Macro Tripod

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
Shinyschnapper
Shinyschnapper Regular Member • Posts: 224
Re: Recommended Travel Friendly Macro Tripod

I have a tripod that gets very low but like you I need something for true ground level.  So for a couple of quid my wife made me a bean bag.  It’s about ten inches by six inches.  Inside is a plastic bag filled with polystyrene beads.  The material is washable and I can contort it to any shape I like.  True it’s not got the convenience of a ball head but I can put rocks or sticks under one end and manipulate the beads to get the shot I want.  I even asked her for a loop at one corner so I can clip it to my belt.  I haven’t weighed it but it’s about the same weight as a sandwich.  Sometimes the simplest solution is best.

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