tripod help

[collisster]

right i really want a tripod after i snapped the head off my old cheapy 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

+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

 

[collisster]

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

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

yeah thats the mount but I'm on about a little post that sticks up next to the bolt on the tripod head

 

[collisster]

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

 

[collisster]

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

 

[collisster]

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