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Creating a stable platform

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Creating a stable platform

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One of my primary concerns when tethering is that the camera is safe. A lot of times when I'm shooting tethered, I'm not touching the camera, and it needs to be able to stand on its own. The last thing you want to see is the camera tipped over on its side or smashed on the ground, because that's going to lead to an expensive repair bill. So you're going to want to make sure that the tripod is 100% stable. And, there's lots of different solutions out there. Now, I've got a heavy duty tripod here, which is great. And, what I'm going to do is, take advantage of extending these legs from the top first. So what I want to make sure, is that I extend these out, and that I build it outward from the top. Get that turned in so it's really tight, there we go. Pull that down. Good. And at this point, I could leave that pretty much where it is. Let's just make sure that those are even, and let's just pull this bottom one in. Excellent. Now, one of the things I like to make sure of is that these…

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