Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Astra SRi
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Right it's pissing me off now, i seem to find some mint locations for some decent photo's, then fuck them up by getting the shakes on most of them... usually the best ones   .
Think i need to invest in a Tripod, but dont really know what i'm looking for. Any advice on which is better, what to look out for. Dont really want to be paying loads, as i wont get much use from it i dont think, just would be usefull to have to save the dissapointment when i get home .
Oh, Camera is a Canon Ixus V2  .
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
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jessops do one for about £40 and it got good reviews in the photography magazines. u2u icy about it he will know the one im on about
and if youre rich get a manfrotto (sp)
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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Argos do some good ones for £20
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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this one is good for £29.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=1751&productId=88050
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
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Ah right cool. Im guessing this quick release thing is just lik ea rubber vice type mechanism?
Examples of my "skills" 
Shite:
Not so Shite.
Just thought, ISO 50's much slower than 400 isnt it?  .
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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ISO is a measurement of sensitivity, the lower the less sensitive. This is good because your pictures are less grainy, but you need more light for any given shutter speed.
Jessops stuff is good, I still have one here that was £50 I think. Nice buy.
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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1st one was a vanguard one for £35 i think
head snapped off coz its plastic pffft
so invested in a manfrotto one with forgot wot kind of head for £150
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Andy
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Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
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Manfrotto are the daddies - I have the same one as Icy. Unfortunately when it comes to tripods, there's only tweo things that count - mass and rigidity. The more ridgid it is and the more mass it has, the more stable it holds the camera and the more it resists vibrations. But heavy tripods are a pain to lug around. Worth it though if quality is your no 1 concern
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Yeah I have Manfrotto 055 legs and a 222 grip action ball head, very heavy but doesn't shake!
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Manfrotto all the way, think mine was about £150 too, its got double extending legs and 3 way movement on the head. Its stable with my medium format camera and that ways a shite load. If you it to be even more stable just hang your camera bag or something heavy off the middle of it underneath.
Ben.
[Edited on 16-07-2004 by Tiger]
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