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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek
Did I kill this thread with my detailed explanation? I was hoping for some nice, stimulating discussion too.  |
I'll try to revive it a bit!
I recently bought a used Bogen tripod at a very good price, but it has a fluid head (pan and tilt only), and I would rather have a ballhead with it instead so I can rotate my camera and have a bit more control. What should I be looking for in a new head, exactly?
To answer a couple of the questions in the original post, I carry my Pentax *ist DL, the standard 18-55mm lens, a 50mm lens, and extra AA batteries and a memory card in a really nice little shoulder bag that's stuffed to its limits. Any more stuff, and I'd have to buy one of those big, ugly things that have a camera maker's logo stuck on the side...those things must attract muggers like crazy! The 50mm lens is nice when it's dark, but it's completely manual, so it's a bit of a pain to use, so I usually use the kit lens instead...the Pentax one is actually pretty good.
I'm a bit of a weirdo and bought a Pentax body instead of a Canon or a Nikon. I really love my *ist, though! It's really small and just fits perfectly in my hands, and it has depth-of-field preview...and it was really cheap, especially since it comes with a pretty good lens.
...I should really post some of my pictures sometime.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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