At 12:02 am -0400 25/4/98, *- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
> *** WARNING ***
>On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Clive Warren wrote:
>
>> OK Doris, I'll bite on that one - a stringpod?
>> Straight faced waiting for the sucker punch......
>
> A stringpod is a device that weighs around 1 oz (or less) and buys one
>about two f/stops in camera steadyness. To make one (I do not know of any
>commercially sold), you buy a wrist strap, the sort that screws into the
>tripod socket. Cut the strap off. Buy about 8 feet of string, I prefer
>dark (green) color, because it will get dirty with use.
> Make a loop with the string just long enough so that when you hold the
>camera to your eye, you can insert your shoe into the hanging part of the
>loop, with a little tension generated along the string between your foot
>and the camera. It is like a "negative" monopod, but works amazingly well.
>Plus, in places where tripods are taboo, I've never had a problem with the
>stringpod. It's so small, I sometimes forget it's in the camera bag!
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
Now that sounds as though it could be very useful in situations where using
a tripod is almost impossible, or banned without specific permission as in
our National Trust buildings/areas in the UK.
Have a good set of Whitworth dies next to the lathe so will turn something
simple up for the kit bag..... thanks Doris.
All the best,
Clive http://clive.bel-epa.com
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