I didn’t watch the video very far. I suspect the allen wrench you refer to is to adjust the Universal to your particular camera body, a one-time process.
I find it quite fast and simple to flip from horizontal to vertical with an L-bracket using a tripod. Unclamp, flip, set in place, clamp. Probably slower and slightly more awkward with a monopod because the monopod isn’t gong to stand by itself while you do this. But quite manageable with a bit of practice. I’ve tried the ballhead approach on a monopod. Yes, the head has a slot, I can flip the camera to the left to a vertical position, tighten it down. All very easy. But then am left with a heavy camera/lens off to the side of the monopod and I just find it uncomfortable fighting with the off-center weight. If I tilt the monopod to the right to bring the center of gravity back over the base of the monopod, the camera is no longer vertical. I suspect that the sports photogs you refer to are using another of my options: they are using lenses with rotating tripod collars. stan > On Oct 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Many thanks to all who responded. > I have several followup questions. > > 1. L-brackets (acratech). > I am confused, maybe I am just slow... but it seems to me that flipping > between the two orientations is not quick. I watched this video, and toward > the end, it shows that an alan wrench is needed for doing that: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIosBfLdW5A > Did I miss some other way it works for orientaiton flipping? > > 2. I understand how L-brackets could be useful for the proper nodal point, > and I see that it is useful for panoramas, panning, etc. > But I am not seeing that it would be critical on a monopod (except, maybe for > panning). What am I missing? > > 3. Kirk monopod Head. - I looked at MPA-2, and it looks nice, but indeed > quite expensive, and to some extend an overkill for my needs. > > 4. I've seriously looked at Manfrotto 234RC or 234. That's a tilt head. And > it might do the job (except that I am not sure if 234RC has the correct > orientation that would provide the tilt in the correct direction (i.e. to the > side, as opposed to the front). > The shortcoming of that is that it requires tightening the screw. > That where I would prefer a device that provides just two orientations, and > would have at most a release lever/button. > I am surprised why I cannot find a bracket that allows such quick flipping. > I'd expect it would be useful to sport photographers, for those sports where > you'd want both portrait and landscape shots, and switch between the two. But > maybe those people use two cameras each on a separate monopod? > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > On Sat, 1 Oct 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I asked this question in a different thread, - but it might not be seen >> there, so, I would ask it in its own thread. >> >> I am considering buying a monopod and some type of device that allows quick >> and easy flipping between horizontal and vertical positions. >> Larry has suggested a ball head as those typically have a slit that allow to >> tilt the camera by 90 degrees. >> That is a possibility, but: 1. I would be overpaying for the functionality I >> don't need. (Or maybe I am not looking at the right ball heads? Are there >> any inexpensive ones?) >> and >> 2. A ball head has more degrees of freedom, which complicates the situation >> when I need just to flip it from landscape to portrait orientation. >> >> I've been thinking about something that is similar to the brackets used for >> mounting flashes, but just for the camera. Such a "bracket" would flip >> between just two orientations (on a tripod or monopod). >> Do such devices exist? Any pointers? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
