Terry Carroll wrote:
>
> My girlfriend is looking for suggestions of gifts to get me for
> Christmas. One of the things I know I need is a tripod.
>
> The problem is, she doesn't know what to look for in a tripod, and I
> really don't know either, apart from the weight of the camera/lens.
>
> I use the Canon Elan IIe, and will use a small variety of my three lenses,
> none of them particularly heavy). I'd like to do landscapes and some
> macro-level stuff, maybe fireworks some time. On very rare occasions,
> some figure skating photography.
>
> What should I tell her to look for?
>
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> Modell delendus est | Bush, Cheney, et al. v. County Canvassing Bds.
For starters you want the camera at eye level before cranking the center
post up. Then you want a decent ball head.
Bob
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