On 10/07/2009, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > FWIW, > > Ballheads may not be necessary. I have used monopods for years > without them, even after I tried them. You can usually just tilt > the whole rig for minor adjustments in pitch or roll. This is for camera > in > landscape mode of course. Portrait orientation will need at least a L- > bracket for most cameras.
Not much use if you need to shoot other than virtually straight ahead. I always have my ballhead on the mono, L-plate on camera with QR in V and H positions. The camera straight on the mono is a nightmare IMO. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC +10 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.