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chanevy · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 87

I have been noticing that my tripod is my best friend. Thank you for the detailed explanation. It never occurred to me that it had anything to do with the camera, I just figured I must have bad hand shake. I will try to the 10X live view idea, just to have a good picture of this in my own mind. I've been thinking about a smaller digital P&S to travel with, so I will remember to keep pixel density in mind.

hhltdave5 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:47 pm

Using a tripod whenever possible is what many of us have been teaching for years. Not only does it help with focus but it also gets you to slow down and work on each shot and not just going out snapping your brains out.

rinder99 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:34 pm

turbodls1ta · Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 440 Location: T'exas, y'all

My wife thought I was crazy to spend $350 on a Manfroto tripod and head when I had a $50 Quantaray sitting in the closet. That was the best $350 I ever invested into my photography equipment. Makes a huge difference in photo quality..

chanevy · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 87

I am just happy I came up with $100 to get one that actually holds my camera securely and is pretty easy to set up :-) I can understand wanting to upgrade because I like to travel and do nature shots. And you know they aren't going to be accepting OOF nature shots anywhere any time soon! I just figured I would spend the bucks for decent glass first since my tripod is functional and does the job for me for now.