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Subject: [OM] Re: Hiking (trekking) pole
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:14:40 +0100
Same here with the "Stalker Grip" for the Camcane: it is made of a  
hard rubber material, but has a part-circle shape, to accommodate a  
lens, rather than the "V-grip" you have.

Chris
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
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On 26 Jun 2005, at 00:03, Walt Wayman wrote:

> I find using the "Y" yoke generally every bit as sturdy and far  
> more convenient than actually physically attaching the camera or  
> lens to the 'pod via the screw, much less to a ball head.  That way  
> the camera is normally hung around my neck or off my shoulder and  
> ready for action, including accommodating the sudden inclination to  
> drop to the ground and shoot a 3-inch tall wildflower or a strange  
> insect, while also leaving the walking stick free to be used as a  
> walking stick.  Just about any lens physically longer than, say, a  
> 50mm has ample length to fit comfortably into the fork of the yoke,  
> resulting in almost unlimited freedom of movement in any direction,  
> while still providing the support a monopod is supposed to.
>
> I will confess to having attached a small Cullmann ball head to my  
> Stoney Point a couple of times before it dawned on me that there  
> was a better way.  At least, it's a better way for me.
>
> Walt
>


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