Monopod for my daughter.

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I made the long trek from down south to shoot Puffins on Farne last year and really enjoyed it. So much so I decided to go again next month. This time I'm going to take my 12 year old daughter with me. She has a 40d and 55-250 lens. I'd like to get her a monopod for those static images. I know she won't be using it for BIF. On a small budget - less than £40 what should I get her? Reasonably light (as I'll end up carrying it) and secure would be my criteria for it.

Thoughts?
 
I have just put a used giottos one on e.bay ,,it’s scratched and grubby ,but functions o.k .would that be of interest I could do it for £25 posted .l
 
I read that title " Monopod for my daughter" and thought - that's not a very fair swop!! (sorry I'm a bit bored at the moment).
 
Gary Kinghorn said:
I made the long trek from down south to shoot Puffins on Farne last year and really enjoyed it. So much so I decided to go again next month. This time I'm going to take my 12 year old daughter with me. She has a 40d and 55-250 lens. I'd like to get her a monopod for those static images. I know she won't be using it for BIF. On a small budget - less than £40 what should I get her? Reasonably light (as I'll end up carrying it) and secure would be my criteria for it.

Thoughts?
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I'm about to out a couple of monopods into the Accessories thread at £25 or so. I use them quite a lot, and they can be really helpful in reducing the amount of movement. A lot easier to use than setting up a tripod each time, and it suits my more rapid style of shooting. One issue is that a camera used directly on the monopod's screw thread is limited to landscape format (although this might not be a major issue for the case you're thinking of). I use a tilt head on mine, which let's you drop it over into portrait format; however that does add a bit of weight (and height) and you need a quick release plate on the camera too.
 
Bought her a Manfroto element, aluminium, red in the end. It arrives tomorrow.

I have a spare head at home she can use if needs be. Just need to check how she feels with the weight etc and go from there.

I find I mostly hand held when I was there, only using the monopod when I wanted to shoot static birds for a while and to give my arms a rest.

She has a 40d with a 55-250 and is used to hand holding so I think we have it covered now.

Cheers for the comments
 
That's a pretty good monopod, IIRC. If you're thinking of a standard ball head, I found they were quite difficult to use on a monopod. But I don't have 12 year old hands!
 
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