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Choosing the right tripod

Choosing the right tripod

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Choosing the right tripod

The most important part of your camera package apart from the camera itself is your tripod. Smooth pans and tilts and nice even zooms are best accomplished with a good professional quality tripod. And on a practical note, using a tripod is much easier on the back and knees than shooting handheld all day. Your hands can be free to write, signal an assistant, or swap out media cards. You can also tilt or pan smoothly across the scene, or just chill and relax a little when the action is stationary. And a quick word of advice before I jump in here, cheap plastic consumer level tripods are far more trouble than they're worth when it comes to video. They simply won't do the job, and you are eventually going to end up spending more money to buy a professional quality tripod or you are going to suffer through one box camera move after another. So don't even think about these. Similarly, tripods designed for still photo use, are also not suitable for video. Now yes, they are going to hold a…

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