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Tripod
September 27, 2012
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masseybrown

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First of all, about last Christmas's 60D purchase, allegedly for my wife - wow! am I ever happy.

 

But ... I need a tripod and I don't want to carry something huge around the city.  Is there such a thing as a one-legged "monopod"? OK ... I see they exist, but are they workable? Practical?

September 30, 2012
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Monopods are great.  I have one.  It really does help stabilize your camera.  I prefer it a lot to tripods which are so bulky.  Unless I know I will be doing night shots, I never take the tripod.  Even then, I may take a bean bag instead, just hate traveling with tripods...  And monopods are cheap.

October 1, 2012
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Thanks, Michi. Monopods 'seem' like they'd be great, but your voice of experience is reassuring.

January 2, 2013
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Santa brought me a monopod for Christmas.  Cool    So far, I'm very happy with it.  If only he had brought me a telephoto lens.

January 2, 2013
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I have three tripods and a single monopod.  Guess which one gets the most use?  Yep...I love my monopod!

 

January 5, 2013
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I keep mine strapped to the side of my camera bag so it's always available.

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