I've done the bungee strap thing, also hanging the camera bag from the centerpost, and leaning the bag against whatever leg most of the camera/lens weight is over. The third trick seems to work the best. My standard approach now is to lay a hand on the camera/lens above where it joins the head, lean my bag against the "weight leg", and use a cable release and/or MLU whenever possible.
But I think each person has to work out what is best given his own collection of equipment and the fuss factor of things like bean bags over the lens, extra long lens supports, etc.
From what I read, the only way to make long lens shooting secure is to spend a lot of money for Arca-Swiss plates, expensive heads, and expensive tripods. This I will probably never do. The cheaper stuff works quite well out to 200mm, and that covers a lot of ground.
-Lon
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Chong"
Subject: Re: Support for big glass
like i said, it won't close again. think about it. where do the smaller leg sections go? moving the legs together isn't closing.
DUH!!! Well, it was a nice idea. One could still do the lower leg section.
How about a bungee strap around all three legs at the top locks? All you need to do is absorb some low frequencies, right?
