Small laser measurer

[beyond the blue]

Does anyone use one for their photography? I have a large accurate one but I'm after something small enough to fit in my pocket. Any recommendations?

 

[LeeRatters]

No.

But I'm intrigued as to why one might use one?

 

[Sky]

Any sports shop will sell you a pocket laser range finder. People use them for golf and shooting etc.

It would be lot of fuss to use one with a camera though unless you're shooting older kit that involves 'guesstimations' for distances.

 

[beyond the blue]

No.

But I'm intrigued as to why one might use one?

For video focus pulling. My camcorder has focus pre-sets which I use quite a lot on horticultural work and rather than zooming-focusing-panning-zooming-focusing-framing etc measuring would save a lot of messing about so thought I would give a laser measure a try, nothing more than that really.

 

[HoppyUK]

Laser measures are brilliant, useful or all sorts of things. V easy, v accurate. I had an entry-level Bosch for years and would no doubt be using it now if I hadn't spilled paint over it. I replaced it with a cheap Magnusson (B&Q own brand?) because that's all they had and to be fair it works very well too, but the Bosch was nicer to use.

If I was buying again, I'd get the newer entry-level Bosch Zamo. You can also get it in bundles with different attachments to measure various awkward shapes https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-0603...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=