tripod help

collisster

collisster

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right i really want a tripod after i snapped the head off my old cheapy :p I dont want to spend much <£40.00 but on most of the ones I have seen they have this post that sticks up near to the bolt thread that screws into the bottom. I have looked at my D50 and I can't see a hole for this little post to stick up through :confused:

+to save making another thread, my physics teacher recommends the nikon 50mm f1.8 prime, he says its really sharp, is this true as its not very expensive.

help please
collisster
 
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Yes the 50mm will be very sharp! As for the tripod mount that you are talking about, i think. you will have one and it should look like this
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A £40 tripod isnt going to be of the best quality and will probably last no longer than your first one so maybe worth considering upping your budget a little
 
collisster said:
+to save making another thread, my physics teacher recommends the nikon 50mm f1.8 prime, he says its really sharp, is this true as its not very expensive.
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50mm primes are optically simple to design & construct, so you don't need any sophisticated (aka: expensive) lens elements to make a sharp one.

Can't help with the tripod query though. I use a tripod no more than once every couple of weeks to just bought a £10 Hama Star 42. Seems sturdy enough for me.
 
ichabod crane said:
Yes the 50mm will be very sharp! As for the tripod mount that you are talking about, i think. you will have one and it should look like this
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A £40 tripod isnt going to be of the best quality and will probably last no longer than your first one so maybe worth considering upping your budget a little
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yeah thats the mount but I'm on about a little post that sticks up next to the bolt on the tripod head
 
collisster said:
yeah thats the mount but I'm on about a little post that sticks up next to the bolt on the tripod head
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On both of my tripods the little bolt has a spring on it so you can press it down so it is flush with the rest of the mounting plate. No idea what it's there for, but the base of my camera is flat other than the tripod thread so when I screw it on to the plate it just presses the bolt in to the mounting plate. I'd imagine most tripods with the bolt will do this.
 
That little peg is for video cameras, or still ones that have a locator socket.

My old video camera (I say old, it was miniDV) used to have the screwthread and 2nd hole. It just keeps the camera pointed wherever the head is pointed, and stops you from turning the camera and loosening/tightening the screw. :)

InvG
 
thanks guys. I was looking at one from argos but I dunno we have the same one in school for videoing and the post isn't retractable so I guess that rights it off.
how is the Velbon CX540 rob?
anything else around 40 pounds I should be looking at
 
I'm also in the market for a cheap one, so on Monday I'm going to head to my local camera store and play with them and grab a cheap one. At the moment I can't afford the one I want (about £200/£250 in total head+legs) and I don't use one much, but the one I do have is, put simply, floppy. - which is why I don't use it, I get just as good/bad results from holding the camera myself. :p

If you can get to a camera store I'd say either grab one there, or play with them and buy in store, or buy elsewhere, but having had the play to see what they are like. :)

InvG
 
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yeah cheers invader. I do like the look of the redsnapper stuff but it is 49 pounds for the legs then 49 pounds for a head I just want a good sturdy one with a panning head that goes down to a low height and up to a decent one
 
Picked up the CX-540 earlier, for £37, you can;t go wrong really. Nice and simple, as well as being sturdy and not heavy. :)

I plan on getting a proper tripod at a later date, but for the moment this will suffice, as it's a whole load better than my compact one I was given ages ago.

InvG
 
cheers invg, I'm still pondering on which one to get, I'd really like a tripod that you can invert the center column on so that I can do this panorama shot that I was looking at ages ago, I dunno where it was from but it was like a bridge infront and as you scrolled through it it went through where the photographers feet would be and then behind him.
I hope I've explained that :p
 
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