John Nihon
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I've never had what I would call a decent tripod and don't know much (actually I know nothing) about brands or what's best.
My problems:
1) I fix my camera to my tripod and use in landscape normally. This is generally manageable however, adjustment and precision placement are never quick and smooth though.
2) I've begun to want to use my camera attached to my tripod in portrait however, I have got what I deem as camera droop. With a large lens attached the camera/lens droops down due to the weight of the lens and I can never get it fixed in the position I want, mainly to focus portrait, close up, on the whole of a bird feeder. I tighten all joints on the tripod so they are nice and tight but I'm nervous about tightening the butterfly screw on the camera plate too much. I don't want to overtighten just in case I do some damage.
What I'd like is a setup that I can quickly, smoothly and precisely adjust in both landscape and portrait and that also stops camera/lens droop in portrait. Any help would be great please.
PS. Preferable options if I need to make purchases to resolve my issues would be something that is available in either the UK or Japan.
My problems:
1) I fix my camera to my tripod and use in landscape normally. This is generally manageable however, adjustment and precision placement are never quick and smooth though.
2) I've begun to want to use my camera attached to my tripod in portrait however, I have got what I deem as camera droop. With a large lens attached the camera/lens droops down due to the weight of the lens and I can never get it fixed in the position I want, mainly to focus portrait, close up, on the whole of a bird feeder. I tighten all joints on the tripod so they are nice and tight but I'm nervous about tightening the butterfly screw on the camera plate too much. I don't want to overtighten just in case I do some damage.
What I'd like is a setup that I can quickly, smoothly and precisely adjust in both landscape and portrait and that also stops camera/lens droop in portrait. Any help would be great please.
PS. Preferable options if I need to make purchases to resolve my issues would be something that is available in either the UK or Japan.