Help me! Jessop Atlantic monopod 4TS QR plate needed (or replacement).

35mmfilmfan · 07-21-2017, 06:05 AM

Hope it works for you - seen them advertised but never actually tried one. IIRC, they can also be used as a table tripod for macro work.

**Skodadriver** · 07-21-2017, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by 35mmfilmfan

Hope it works for you - seen them advertised but never actually tried one. IIRC, they can also be used as a table tripod for macro work.

Plenty of wind but no rain as yet so have been in the garden.
I tried it on the monopod using a 55-300 DA L, from about 8 metres and 20 metres, the distances where I seem to be able to shoot garden birds (8m) and a squirrel (20m) without them getting too perturbed. The 20m shots were not sharp even at 1/160th sec but from 8m I got a reasonable image at speeds I doubt I would have been able to hand hold. Maybe SR helped but I am not able to hand hold well.
The head seems a bit more stable than my table top tripods are with a long lens, if only this head had wheels or levers to lock it rather than an allen key.

07-21-2017, 07:51 AM	#17
Skodadriver Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hampshire Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 892 Original Poster	Originally posted by 35mmfilmfan Hope it works for you - seen them advertised but never actually tried one. IIRC, they can also be used as a table tripod for macro work. Plenty of wind but no rain as yet so have been in the garden. I tried it on the monopod using a 55-300 DA L, from about 8 metres and 20 metres, the distances where I seem to be able to shoot garden birds (8m) and a squirrel (20m) without them getting too perturbed. The 20m shots were not sharp even at 1/160th sec but from 8m I got a reasonable image at speeds I doubt I would have been able to hand hold. Maybe SR helped but I am not able to hand hold well. The head seems a bit more stable than my table top tripods are with a long lens, if only this head had wheels or levers to lock it rather than an allen key. Last edited by Skodadriver; 12-19-2017 at 09:24 AM.

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07-21-2017, 06:05 AM	#16
35mmfilmfan Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 4,339	Hope it works for you - seen them advertised but never actually tried one. IIRC, they can also be used as a table tripod for macro work.