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Black anodized aluminum four section monopod featuring sure rubber grip, wrist carrying strap, quick action lever leg lock system with 45° flip, large 2.3" camera/head platform with plastic cover and dual 1/4-20" - 3/8" camera screw.
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Manfrotto Photo Compact Einbein- stativ 680 B
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Monopods are infuriatingly underestimated in their sheer usefulness.
You can almost wrap your entire upper body around the camera/long lens when it's attached and so makes for quite a solid platform. Unlike a tripod, which is rigid and you have to constantly tighten/loosen, often many awkward knobs just to alter a little, the monopod-clad camera is fluid and moves with you - and the subject.
In my occasional bird photography, in a hide, the 'pod takes all the weight (3kg) of my D700 and Nikkor 80-400 vr zoom but I can scan around whilst looking through the viewfinder, firing as I want and not get tired. Relaxed snapper equals better photos!
For vertical shots, you can prop the shaft against a tree, even the pillar inside of a Church (when no-one's looking!) at right angles. The chunky rubber foot having excellent 'grip'. Consider bigger, heavier faster lenses (if you have one) that come with a tripod collar, this way you can loosen the collar and rotate the camera to a vertical position, as the tripod mount attaches to the collar, not the camera.
A previous monopod (lost at a Stonehenge solstice) helped me once clamber down a scree slope in Cornwall, giving ME support! You can also hoist the whole lot above your head with the camera on time exposure for a makeshift aerial shot....looks ludicrous, isn't recommended in high winds but is undoubtedly effective....
This Manfrotto model represents fair value, is of very good, solid quality, with positively chunky levers and is from a praised and reputable manufacturer. It's an effectively straightforward piece of kit with which you can't go far wrong.
You can almost wrap your entire upper body around the camera/long lens when it's attached and so makes for quite a solid platform. Unlike a tripod, which is rigid and you have to constantly tighten/loosen, often many awkward knobs just to alter a little, the monopod-clad camera is fluid and moves with you - and the subject.
In my occasional bird photography, in a hide, the 'pod takes all the weight (3kg) of my D700 and Nikkor 80-400 vr zoom but I can scan around whilst looking through the viewfinder, firing as I want and not get tired. Relaxed snapper equals better photos!
For vertical shots, you can prop the shaft against a tree, even the pillar inside of a Church (when no-one's looking!) at right angles. The chunky rubber foot having excellent 'grip'. Consider bigger, heavier faster lenses (if you have one) that come with a tripod collar, this way you can loosen the collar and rotate the camera to a vertical position, as the tripod mount attaches to the collar, not the camera.
A previous monopod (lost at a Stonehenge solstice) helped me once clamber down a scree slope in Cornwall, giving ME support! You can also hoist the whole lot above your head with the camera on time exposure for a makeshift aerial shot....looks ludicrous, isn't recommended in high winds but is undoubtedly effective....
This Manfrotto model represents fair value, is of very good, solid quality, with positively chunky levers and is from a praised and reputable manufacturer. It's an effectively straightforward piece of kit with which you can't go far wrong.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent piece of kit, extremely robust yet easily carried in a backpack. Alternatively could be used as a walking pole if required, although the foot would probably wear quite quickly. Perhaps a little more expensive than some of the competition but you get what you pay for.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Having owned a Manfrotto Monopod for nearly a year now I have found much easier to use than the standard tripod.
I also purchased a quick release pan tilt head plus the metal spike but I found that the spike would pull off the monopod even when tightened to the maximim when you tried to pull it out of the ground, but with a little thought and a tube of Areldite glue the problem was resolved, the down side is that you don't have a rubber foot to use on slippery surfaces, the pan tilt head was not so sucessful but again with a little thought I was able to adapt the head from my old tripod to use which was more sucessful.
OVERALL A GOOD BUY and worth considering if you are thinking of replacing your old tripod.
I also purchased a quick release pan tilt head plus the metal spike but I found that the spike would pull off the monopod even when tightened to the maximim when you tried to pull it out of the ground, but with a little thought and a tube of Areldite glue the problem was resolved, the down side is that you don't have a rubber foot to use on slippery surfaces, the pan tilt head was not so sucessful but again with a little thought I was able to adapt the head from my old tripod to use which was more sucessful.
OVERALL A GOOD BUY and worth considering if you are thinking of replacing your old tripod.
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It's Good...
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chunky
big chunky monopod,solidly built and nice black finish,thumb locks are easy to undo and lock for lenth adjustment,once the locks are locked they stay locked and there is no slip in... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. K. Clements
Just the Job
A bit heavy but invaluable quick support when a tripod is not able to be used.
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by G. Plenderleith
Great Kit
This is a great piece of kit. Easier to carry than my Benbo tripod (obviously) with the assurance that those lower shutter speed shots will be OK. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by Kagy
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