Many thanks to all who responded.
I have several followup questions.
1. L-brackets (acratech).
I am confused, maybe I am just slow... but it seems to me that flipping
between the two orientations is not quick. I watched this video, and
toward the end, it shows that an alan wrench is needed for doing that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIosBfLdW5A
Did I miss some other way it works for orientaiton flipping?
2. I understand how L-brackets could be useful for the proper nodal point,
and I see that it is useful for panoramas, panning, etc.
But I am not seeing that it would be critical on a monopod (except, maybe
for panning). What am I missing?
3. Kirk monopod Head. - I looked at MPA-2, and it looks nice, but indeed
quite expensive, and to some extend an overkill for my needs.
4. I've seriously looked at Manfrotto 234RC or 234. That's a tilt head.
And it might do the job (except that I am not sure if 234RC has the
correct orientation that would provide the tilt in the correct direction
(i.e. to the side, as opposed to the front).
The shortcoming of that is that it requires tightening the screw.
That where I would prefer a device that provides just two orientations,
and would have at most a release lever/button.
I am surprised why I cannot find a bracket that allows such quick
flipping. I'd expect it would be useful to sport photographers, for those
sports where you'd want both portrait and landscape shots, and switch
between the two. But maybe those people use two cameras each on a separate
monopod?
Cheers,
Igor
On Sat, 1 Oct 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Hi All,
I asked this question in a different thread, - but it might not be seen
there, so, I would ask it in its own thread.
I am considering buying a monopod and some type of device that allows quick
and easy flipping between horizontal and vertical positions.
Larry has suggested a ball head as those typically have a slit that allow to
tilt the camera by 90 degrees.
That is a possibility, but: 1. I would be overpaying for the functionality I
don't need. (Or maybe I am not looking at the right ball heads? Are there any
inexpensive ones?)
and
2. A ball head has more degrees of freedom, which complicates the situation
when I need just to flip it from landscape to portrait orientation.
I've been thinking about something that is similar to the brackets used for
mounting flashes, but just for the camera. Such a "bracket" would flip
between just two orientations (on a tripod or monopod).
Do such devices exist? Any pointers?
Thank you!
Igor
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