So far, I have not bought a ball head for my Manfrotto monopod. I just did
some searching, and found that Manfrotto offers a Model 361 shoulder stock
for use with monopods. This would give me the rotational stability that I
need. I am considering purchasing one of these. I guess a ball head could
be added on top, if that became necessary.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Experimental Images
>> Thanks for the update. I'm thinking that, with the E-510 turned to
>> vertical, on the monopod, the IS may be more effective than I thought. I
>> have been concerned about rotational movement of the monopod during
>> shutter
>> release. A combination of a shoulder stock and monopod would be ideal,
>> but,
>> as of yet, I haven't found a stock that I like.
>
> My "shoulder stock" is a highly nortonized tripod where the
> center-column has been cut to length and a mini-ballhead mounted on
> it. I screw this to the bottom of the camera or lens, turn the column
> so it's sticking backwards behind the camera. I hold it like a
> rifle-stock in my shoulder. Stabilizes everything very well. The only
> problem is summertime when you are wearing just a T-shirt and after a
> few minutes it gets a little uncomfortable poking into your skin. But
> placing a little "T" shaped dohicky into the end of the column fixes
> that.
>
> When I want to go from shoulder-stock to tripod usage, I just loosen
> the ballhead so the columnn drops vertically, tighten it and then drop
> the whole thing into the tripod base. A quick tighten of the column
> screw and I'm in business. To go from tripod to shoulder stock, just
> loosen the column screw, lift the camera and column out, a quick
> loosen of the ballhead to swing the position of the column, retighten
> and start shooting. Literally no more than five seconds going either
> way.
>
> I'm tempted to buy a nice fluid-head for video production. These make
> great heads for telephoto still photography. In fact, I think they
> work better than the gimble-mounts, which are really slick in their
> own right. But the gimble-mounts are definitely better when tracking
> flying birds.
>
> AG
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