Monopod

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Can anyone recommend a good reliable mono pod for use with my D60?? Like everything else there seems to be so many choices

Cheap and cheerful is the name of the game!!

Thanks

Manda

 

[Vertigo1]

If you're after cheap and cheerful then the Manfrotto 679B is the usual recommendation.

 

[Icee]

Can't go far wrong with anything from the Manfrotto range.

 

[paulyoung666]

i bought a velbon one for £20 on the highstreet , cant remember the model , very good for the price

edit -- rup v40 was the model

 

[Flash In The Pan]

Can't go far wrong with anything from the Manfrotto range.

They don't really cost that much more than the "cheap" ones from the likes of Jessops (who are actually pretty competitive for Manfrotto), but they are a huge step above them in quality.

 

[68lbs]

I can't tell you which is best/better...

...but I do sometimes wonder what the purpose of a monopod is, and whether I could benefit from one. Is it just for really long heavy lenses to help stabilise them, or do they help in general to give you something to sort of lean on whilst taking the shot.

 

[Flash In The Pan]

I can't tell you which is best/better...

...but I do sometimes wonder what the purpose of a monopod is, and whether I could benefit from one. Is it just for really long heavy lenses to help stabilise them, or do they help in general to give you something to sort of lean on whilst taking the shot.

A bit of both.

 

[onform]

They can and do serve both those situations well. plus they are a lot lighter than a tripod and fold away very small indeed..

 

[PauloWanClift]

I can't tell you which is best/better...

...but I do sometimes wonder what the purpose of a monopod is, and whether I could benefit from one. Is it just for really long heavy lenses to help stabilise them, or do they help in general to give you something to sort of lean on whilst taking the shot.

I find it great for a longer lens where any minor movement is multiplied in shake when the lens is extended, that extra bit of stability is like having an extra hand.

I'd imagine there useful for motorsport shots also, would aid panning while keeping it nice and level in the horizontal plane.

 

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Thanks guys!
Your suggestions are a great help, im wanting mine to keep my camera a little steadier when taking pictures of moving objects

 

[PauloWanClift]

Well remember that the major factor in a moving subject being blurred or not is your shutter speed relative to the subjects speed, monopods can't help with that. If your shutter speed is fast enough for a fast moving bird for example then you probably don't need the monopod apart for support.