This is why John Shaw in his Nature photography books recommends just a
very few tripods, all with the feature in common that you can splay the legs
wide and get the tripod head very close to soil level, camera right way up.
I have the Olympus macro stage and rack, but after reading what Shaw, John
Johns and others (including Gary Reese) have said about vibration, I try to
get close to the subject with only the bare tripod+head if I can. Likewise, any
other form of extension that takes an SLR with flapping mirror, shutter and
aperture shut-down mechanism away from the centre of stability ( the tripod
apex) is likely to reduce vibration control. In my opinion. Lens shutters as in
Koni-Omega etc are a different matter entirely.
Brian
>
>
> >My friend has a bogen that has the center column that is
> >removable and can be placed horizontal so you can do a macro
> >shot overhead...
>
> >Is this an important feature?? Don't tell me, I know I know,
> >only I can decide; but do any of you use it?
>
> Can you say "vibration"? Very tough to get this contraption
> stable. I'm sure it would be a nice feature, but if I can get
> the tripod legs spread out enough I've always been able to shoot
> straight down.
>
> The worst design feature is reversable center columns for ground
> level shooting. Has ANYBODY successfully been able to shoot
> with the camera upside down while hunched in between two of the
> legs while trying to keep the third leg from getting in the
> picture?
>
> AG-pretzel-Schnozz
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