Originally posted by stihlmania but you don't carry rocks for 200 yards unless there are no rocks where you are going! Plenty of rocks here.....
I always carry a few rocks with me - - in my head. Ask anyone who knows me.
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Originally posted by tduell Here's a little trick I use, I have a loop of 8mm rubber cord which I attach to the tripod hook, and then put my foot in the loop and stretch the rubber down to the ground. It needs a bit of trial and error to get it all setup right.\ orks well and weighs next to nothing.Cheers,Terry
That is akin to a trick suggested by a photo-mag back in the 1960's. Take a small 1/4 X 20 ring bolt and tie on a length of sturdy string with a loop at the end. In museums where tripods and even monopods are forbidden (and reasonably so), attach to the tripod socket, put a foot in the loop, pull up slightly to help stabilize the camera for longer exposures. The idea is not to pull up too hard - just enough to reduce vertical shake. Elastic would not be good as you'd be fighting it so it would probably increase the vibrations. Not a substitute even for a monopod, but it does help a bit, and easy to transport in a gadget bag, certainly lighter and more compact than even the flimsiest tripod. Today instead of a hardware-store ring bolt you could get a camera-accessory shiny steel swivel-ring with 1/4 X 20 thread intended to hold one of those attach-to-baseplate shoulder straps. If you use a nylon strap rather than a piece of string, you don't need a loop at the end, just step on the strap and you have a variable-length stabilizer, but it will be a little bulkier (a looped nylon shoulder strap would be too short, a straight, unlooped strap would be better). If the strap on your gadget bag has the right type of buckles to attach it, that can be used.