>You may wish to use a carbon fibre television
>tripod instead, with a fluid head
>featuring adjustable damping devices.
>Balance your camera properly on the fluid
>head, adjust the counterbalance dial for
>the weight of your camera and lens,
>choose high values on the damping
>system dials (e. g. 5 to 7 on a Sachtler
>"Video 18 Plus"), and do not fasten the
>brakes! This is the special trick with fluid
>heads: Use their damping systems,
>originally invented to enable the
>cameraman to perform smooth pans, to
>absorb equipment vibrations triggered by
>the shutter, instead. These vibrations
>could otherwise reduce or even destroy
>the optical resolution of fine structures.)
>
Wow! this is a great idea! I was going to save up for a Gitzo, but I'm going
to look into fluid heads now!
I think the only drawback is that the head probably won't be very movable
for vertical shots.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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