Stabilising a tripod....

[mpenza]

Use a big head! It really helps.... however, it made the light and compact tripod much heavier



(afternote: the small ballhead is mounted just to show the relative size... it won't be mounted on the big ballhead in actual use. )

[Kei]

u sure it wouldn't topple more easily ?

[Zerstorer]

Man..you are abusing your sprint pro.

Aren't the legs buckling at all this weight?

Tried portrait orientation with flash+tele?

[SzennyBoy]

Actually, the most stable position for the ball head to be on the tripod is to be at the base of the column or as low down as possible on a adjustable column!

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by Zerstorer Man..you are abusing your sprint pro. Aren't the legs buckling at all this weight? Tried portrait orientation with flash+tele?

nah... the legs are still standing strong. It's meant to take 2kg anyway..... I tried portrait orientation with tele and it's ok... haven't tried the flash yet. I doubt the original ballhead would be stable though when the tele is mounted.

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by Keito u sure it wouldn't topple more easily ?

hee hee... have to be careful I guess. But it's more stable than with just the small ballhead. The weight down the centre helps in stabilising.

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by SzennyBoy Actually, the most stable position for the ball head to be on the tripod is to be at the base of the column or as low down as possible on a adjustable column!

True!

[ckiang]

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza True!

Actually, you've just made it a bit more unstable.

Regards
CK

[mpenza]

Hmm.... Oh! I won't be using the small ballhead on the big ballhead would just use one of them at any time Guess I should have been clear about that in the original post

Blur me....

I suggest you read this before your modification goes anywhere else!!

http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/tuto...ods/index.html

[mpenza]

Thanks Princess The link was informative.

[tsdh]

I'm not sure about big ball-head.
So far, a simple method I use to stabilise the tripod: by hanging a weight down the center column (can be the camera bag with lenses inside), and put a bag leaning to the tripod's leg.
Then make it even better by using Darren's Arcatech ball head

[Zerstorer]

Hmm..in theory, wouldn't this be more unstable? Since the horizontal displacement of the of the camera (when the base ballhead is oriented away from vertical) is actually greater in this config than with the original config?

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by Zerstorer Hmm..in theory, wouldn't this be more unstable? Since the horizontal displacement of the of the camera (when the base ballhead is oriented away from vertical) is actually greater in this config than with the original config?

It's a balance I guess. With the small ball head, the whole CG (above the centre column) is towards the top of the camera (portrait orientation). With the big ball head, the CG is shifted more towards the ballhead....