Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Nigel G
I bought a Velbon CF631 this summer which has a splittable centre column and with the legs open goes down to a mere 12cm (+ the height of your head). This shot was taken with it at its lowest a couple of weeks ago which would have had you flat on your stomach to look through a viewfinder (as opposed to a swivel screen digiscoping rig).
Attachment 75
The cheapest mail-order price around and very good service came from Morris Photo in Oxford |
CF630 is available from WE for £139 + P&P, a veritable bargain, can't see much difference between 630 and 631. I bought the CF530 but with hindsight I think the 630 would have been the better buy for the extra £15 over the 530. As postcardcv has said, the centre column is splittable. As well as being able to splay the legs out (by differing degrrees), you can split and reverse the centre column so that the column hangs down. Both halves of the split column have 1/4" threads on them that take a tripod head so you can use either half in the "hanging" configuration, with or without the legs splayed out to get the camera right down to ground level. If you wanted, you could even go below ground level with this technique. Framing up the shot is tricky when you have your head in a hole in the ground, but that's life.
Duncan