What is it, and what does it do? Thanks

 

Ha ha, oh, you meant that tripod. Yea, it holds the camera You don't really need them for daylight pictures, but for night time ones, without a tripod, the shutter will stay open trying to capture the picture with low light and your hands will move around a bit and the pictures will come out blurry. Thats why most night pictures come out blurry without one. I need one too. you can get a pretty good one at walmart for 18.00 for the smallest one and up to 48.00 for the largest strongest one, but its mostly made for video cameras, so the small one should do.
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Are you sure, I always read about people buying a tripod for their digicam, I think you are talking about something different.

 

its a three legged stand for a camera.
go to a camera shop and ask them.
they go from $15.00 to over 1000 depending on which type/material/brand you get.

 

why would this be a good thing for taking pics? Or is it just an ease type of thing for taking pics? Thanks

 

it holds the camera steady.
something you need if you are running a long exposure.
have you ever gotten a shaky picture, or a blurry one?

 

its a nickname for someone well hung

 

I have a question about tripods in general. I had this one that I bought from Wal-Mart for $20. I liked the tripod for the money, BUT I did not like the clip that attaches to the camera from the tripod.

Here is the clip I am talking about:



What is the purpose of the little silver ball next to the screw? That damn thing put an indention on the lower front of the case of my previous camera due to removing / installing the damn thing when I changed batteries

Is this the general way a digital camera mounts to a tripod?

If anyone wants to recommend a tripod that is &gt;$35 I am interested. The tripod I had was sturdy. Sure it would fall over in high speed winds, but it was light, fully adjustable, and didn't cost much.

I may buy another tripod from Wal-Mart (maybe the next one up) and just glue that ball down. Unless it has a purpose?

PS &lt;&gt; I just realized this is posted in the Appearance forum
I'll look for a thread in GDD to post this

 

 

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That sir, was messed up!

 

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what? that is a tripod

 

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So? It's wrong to put on dissabled people/animals on display

 

Do the 2 tripods you show use the same kind of mount for the camera to tripod?

Thanks

 

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That's fucked up, but sure as hell was funny.

 

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my friend has a tripod dog and he is faster then most 4 leggers.

 

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i have no idea, but from the looks of it, it doesnt use a seprate mount.

 

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^yea that.

 

as your screwing the adaptor into the camera, that little metal ball will come to rest in a spot so that the camera is centered on the adaptor. That way, when you attach the camera/adaptor to tripod, it's always "squared up"..

on most DV and digital cameras there is a screw in spot on the bottom for that little adaptor. that allows you to quickly attach/unattach the camera from the base without having to directly screw it to the tripod. they are very nice. I can use the same tripod with my JVC DV camera and Kodak Digi Camera, i just need an extra adaptor

 

so a tripod won't help at all in the daytime?

 

It still helps cause you can take all your pics at a consistent level and such. I like it cause I use it with the timer and step back to ensure I am not in the pic and no chance of my hand moving it right when it takes the pic.

 

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Or you can run around and get in the picture

I bought one last night again from Wal-Mart. The same $20 tripod. It's pretty damn nice. Weighs like 2 pounds, extends up to 58 inches, can turn vertically for pictures, and comes with a 2nd camera mounting plate

 

how much do one of the mini tripods go for?

i use a manfrotto from school. its arond 4bills.