Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Determining Which Fluid Head Tripod to Buy

By Hailey B. Catson

Tripods are considered one of the most practical photography accessories that you can own. Not only are they handy to have, compared to a lot of other equipment that you need, a tripod can be one of the most inexpensive tools that you purchase.

Not only will a tripod be used to take self portraits, but they are also used for long shutter shots. No matter how much stabilization your camera has built in, low light shots such as night photography will be much crisper with a tripod.

A tripod will also give you lots of wiggle room to play around with double exposures and timed exposures. Even if a regular photographer can make do without one, a videographer would most definitely have a difficult time without a tripod.

Any time that you're working with a heavier video camera, you want to make sure that you use a fluid head tripod. It's very important that you have a stable tripod for your video camera.

It wouldn't make a lot of sense to purchase a tripod that needed someone to stand there and support it! When you choose a fluid head tripod, it should have some very useful features. One of those is the height; height is an important factor because it could limit the photographer. You need to consider the subject that you'll be photographing or videoing.

Photographing stills such as food or small products will require a more compact tripod. This is the time when you will choose a solid tripod which is adjustable, or more compact.

The folded size of the tripod affects just how portable it actually is. For example, photographers and videographers must always think about how they will be traveling and what their actual means of transporation will be.

The material that the fluid head tripod is made of will contribute to the convenience and manageability. However, you must really focus on the stability and how much weight capacity the tripod has, over the lightweight features.

Manageable controls are very important when choosing a fluid head tripod. You need to be able to reach these when the camera is attached, and you need to also be conscious of the tilt and pan ranges. You should look for a leveling bubble, which is very important because you want to make sure that the picture isn't tilted - unless that's done on purpose, of course.

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