Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake
thusly:
>
> As for heads, don't tripods come with at least a standard pan/tilt head or
> it is "each sold seperately"?
>
Low-end tripods come complete. Pro models sometimes not.
My recommendation for a budget 'pod: buy a set of used legs with
panhead at a fleamarket or garage sale, and buy a new Manfrotto
ballhead.
> Lightmeter: probably buy used again, simply to increase
> bang-for-the-buck; as long as things are functional, I'm happy. I suppose
> most handheld types are both reflective/incident. The lower it can read,
> the better as I have a penchant for night available light shots. I'm open
> to both the older analog/dial variants and new digi-output models.
Used simple reflected light-meters (a selenium or CdS model) are dirt
cheap. I have two that cost under $20 each.
Meters that do incident, flash, extreme low light, or digital display,
are *not* cheap, or common on the used market. You might be better
of with a new one.
Gossen have a budget digital model that does all the above, it's
called the "sixtomat flash" here, but I'd bet it's different in the
USA (US marketeers can't seem to resist changing product names to put
their "scent mark" on a product).
cjb
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