Tripod help

[yokechye]

cheem... u reborn as an atom? u see photons & electrons circulating u now?

satay always see things which others dun see :bsmilie:

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

the tripod legs are spreading wider moving the camera vertically down and affected the image captured? :think:

actually, it will vibrate... esp in long exposure. thats if your legs dun break.

for eg

When 5kg is max load, 10kg is on top, if the legs dun break, it will strain, then any slight wind, earth movement will cause it to vibrate, as there is no damper already (damper compressed)

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

satay always see things which others dun see :bsmilie:

i won't be surprise next he say he feel oily... :devil:

 

[TME]

cos lower down the gravity stronger, affecting the paths of those photons.:what:

but i was thinking maybe over the specified load might cause those sliding connectors to slowly slide downwards?

That may have an atom of truth if we are talking in terms of Planck scale...

 

[yokechye]

i won't be surprise next he say he feel oily... :devil:

:bsmilie: looks like this is a good setup for satay

 

[dr34mc4st3r]

cos lower down the gravity stronger, affecting the paths of those photons.:what:

but i was thinking maybe over the specified load might cause those sliding connectors to slowly slide downwards?

simi photons...really off-topic...im speechless. :thumbsd:

 

[AncientMariner]

actually, it will vibrate... esp in long exposure. thats if your legs dun break.

for eg

When 5kg is max load, 10kg is on top, if the legs dun break, it will strain, then any slight wind, earth movement will cause it to vibrate, as there is no damper already (damper compressed)

The longer the span the more vibration and erratic loading from wind makes it worse. I normally shoot sitting/kneeling, with the tripod legs spread but not extended or extended as little as possible. I get a more stable platform with less surface for the wind to act on, shorter span of the legs and thicker diameter to take the load. Sometimes I even shoot prone. :bsmilie: I wonder what would the Manfrotto expert say about not extending the legs?

 

[tankm]

the tripod legs are spreading wider moving the camera vertically down and affected the image captured? :think:

cos lower down the gravity stronger, affecting the paths of those photons.:what:

but i was thinking maybe over the specified load might cause those sliding connectors to slowly slide downwards?

An adult can hang on those "better built" tripod rated at 5kg without the leg breaking or sliding, fully extended (no center column). Don't try this on the normal SLIK tripod.

actually, it will vibrate... esp in long exposure. thats if your legs dun break.

for eg

When 5kg is max load, 10kg is on top, if the legs dun break, it will strain, then any slight wind, earth movement will cause it to vibrate, as there is no damper already (damper compressed)

With more weight, it should be less prone to wind vibration. One technique to provide more stability is to hang some load under the tripod to weight it down.

The join will be the weakest part of the whole tripod construction, and those will fail first. Are those tripod rated load too conservative ?

 

[yokechye]

An adult can hang on those "better built" tripod rated at 5kg without the leg breaking or sliding, fully extended (no center column). Don't try this on the normal SLIK tripod.


With more weight, it should be less prone to wind vibration. One technique to provide more stability is to hang some load under the tripod to weight it down.

The join will be the weakest part of the whole tripod construction, and those will fail first. Are those tripod rated load too conservative ?

maybe it is. ratings in load capacity is most of time time shown are lower than the amount of weight it can take.
take building constructions for example, they are structurally designed for higher than the weight load requirement and which is written on signs on finished building.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

An adult can hang on those "better built" tripod rated at 5kg without the leg breaking or sliding, fully extended (no center column). Don't try this on the normal SLIK tripod.


With more weight, it should be less prone to wind vibration. One technique to provide more stability is to hang some load under the tripod to weight it down.

The join will be the weakest part of the whole tripod construction, and those will fail first. Are those tripod rated load too conservative ?

that depends i guess, cos when u put weights on the bottom of the tripod collar, u are puting at the centre of gravity, making it stable, but when the load is on top, having more weight, its tipping the centre of gravity.

based on my theory, (which everything is still based on my theory), if you have a pyramid, u wanna stabilise it, u put a weight in the centre of the pyramid instead of on the top of the pyramid.

 

[TME]

One technique to provide more stability is to hang some load under the tripod to weight it down.

Yupe usually use those cheap aluminium carabiners and hang my kit bag under the tripod... good enough to stabilize...