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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / UK Photography / August 2006Aldi Tripod
Does this look any good for occasional use? http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_262.html TIA,  SignaturePaul Giverin British Jet Engine Website http://www.britjet.co.uk Message-ID: <3j3MKIAJ0SnEFw3D@10.0.0.3> from Paul Giverin contained the following: >Does this look any good for occasional use? > >http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_262.html Impossible to say without trying it, though it seems to have some useful features, particularly the large hook enabling you to hang something heavy at the bottom. That should help stability quite a bit but ultimately it's down to the quality of construction. But for a tenner you have very little to lose. SignatureGeoff Berrow (put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/ >Message-ID: <3j3MKIAJ0SnEFw3D@10.0.0.3> from Paul Giverin contained the >following: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >But for a tenner you have very little to lose. As you say, for a tenner...... its with a punt IMHO. I'll pop down and check it out when it arrives in store. I don't want anything too heavy. Cheers, SignaturePaul Giverin British Jet Engine Website http://www.britjet.co.uk > Does this look any good for occasional use? The usual advice with tripods is to open it and see what happens when you try to twist the head from left to right or vice versa. Some cheap models do a passable imitation of three gardens canes lashed together, with built-in perpetual motion. SignatureRoger >> Does this look any good for occasional use? > >The usual advice with tripods is to open it and see what happens when you >try to twist the head from left to right or vice versa. Some cheap models >do a passable imitation of three gardens canes lashed together, with >built-in perpetual motion. Thanks Roger. As a fallback position, I do have three garden canes handy ;) SignaturePaul Giverin British Jet Engine Website http://www.britjet.co.uk Message-ID: <VA.000004e5.00210a11@ntlworld.com> from Roger Whitehead contained the following: >The usual advice with tripods is to open it and see what happens when you >try to twist the head from left to right or vice versa. Some cheap models >do a passable imitation of three gardens canes lashed together, with >built-in perpetual motion. Funnily enough I had some students making tripods by lashing garden canes together (to make an improvised stand for a quadrant). They were surprisingly sturdy and rigid. The problems come from the joints in a tripod which have to be loose enough to allow it to collapse. This also means that the problem gets worse the more you use the tripod. Any play found with the above test will only get worse. SignatureGeoff Berrow (put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/ > Funnily enough I had some students making tripods by lashing garden > canes together (to make an improvised stand for a quadrant). They were > surprisingly sturdy and rigid. It's people like you who take all the fun out of life. 8-) SignatureRoger >Message-ID: <VA.000004e5.00210a11@ntlworld.com> from Roger Whitehead >contained the following: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >worse the more you use the tripod. Any play found with the above test >will only get worse. A cheap tripod is often worse than no tripod at all. Cheap, flimsy tripods such as the one in Aldi often induce more camera movement than they prevent. A monopod is often a very good option that is often ignored by people who have never used one. It doesn't help with long exposures but, properly used, it can help obtain excellent sharpness at surprisingly slow shutter speeds. > A monopod is often a very good option that is often ignored by people > who have never used one. Agreed. I'm hopeless at holding a camera steady; using a monopod gives me sharp shots more often than not. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogergw/174435144 , for example. I can hang it from my belt or haversack when it's collapsed. SignatureRoger > See > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogergw/174435144 , for example. Those of you who have taken a look (and thanks for doing so) might not realise that the picture of those grass flowers was taken at 1/10th of second. SignatureRoger >> See >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogergw/174435144 , for example. > > Those of you who have taken a look (and thanks for doing so) might not > realise that the picture of those grass flowers was taken at 1/10th of > second. Great photo. SignaturePaul - Mansfield Goths and Alternatives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mansfieldgoths - Mansfield Chavs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mansfieldchavs - The Alternative Guide to Mansfield: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alternativemansfield - Me and my mate's music: http://wisteela.dratsab.com - Get a taste of my life at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ppotter > > Those of you who have taken a look (and thanks for doing so) might not > > realise that the picture of those grass flowers was taken at 1/10th of > > second > > Great photo. Thanks, Paul. Nice of you to say so. SignatureRoger |
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