Photography: Good Tripod for Mini-Shooting
Beginner | Rating: 9.13 Votes: 8
Views: 4280 | By: blackfly  |
| Category: General Subcategory: Photography | Date: 2002-08-16 09:39:43 |
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I dont know if this is an 'article' so much as a product review. But I thought it seemed fitting to post here for reference.
I wanted to let people know about a product from Slik Camera Accessories, the Flex-Leg Tripod. (Slik 618-786)
This is about 4 inches high, and has flexible legs. It's is about the best thing in the world for shootiing miniatures, at least in the 54mm and smaller range. It sits up just high enough to give you a good angle, and with a servicable macro lens, you can shoot /very/ close to the miniature, without having to compact the legs of a normal sized tripod. The flexi legs have enough tensile strength to hold the camera in really oblique and odd angles if need be - even 90 degrees to one side, provided you spread the legs wide enough.
Its designed to go with the recent spate of small digital camera's like Canon Elf's etc, but I use my Power Shot Pro70 which is as big, if not bigger than a standard 35mmSLR, and it supports it fine. Just for size comparison, here is a picture with an SLR.
Okay, and the other good thing is cost: $4-$5.00!
Its hard to argue with that.
So check out your local camera shop, and try one out, or if you can't find it, mail order it by calling my girlfriend @ Kenmore Camera, in WA. @ 1-888-485-7447, and she'll hook you up. 
Oh, and no, i dont work for Slik or anything... I just think its a cool product. 
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs2.5 License.
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blackfly
12 May 06 | |
While I don't think it is appropriate in every situation, I still think it is a solid recomendation for someone with a budget. Monsters and mounted figures usually need to be photographed in a portrait orientation, but I have had very few infantry figures that can't be photographed well in landscape orientation. It is certainly limited, but I think that's pretty obvious when you buy something like this that it is not applicable to taking pictures outside or anywhere that you don't have a good surface to rest it on. Its not a misleading product I don't think.
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Indigo
17 June 04 |  |
Rating: 5
Unfortunately I've tried out this and other mini tripods and almost universally they are not really 100% suitable for miniature photography. Although they aren't bad for general use or horizontal photos (of ranked units for example), since most minis are taller than they are wide you really need to mount your camera vertically rather than horizontally as this pic shows.
Far better to buy a proper tripod that allows you to mount your camera in any orientation. Sadly this and other miniature tripods are very limited. Don't be fooled by the low price.
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Valander
26 October 02 |  |
Rating: 10
Sweet! I've been looking for an inexpensive tripod, and this definitely fits the bill! Hopefully there's a camera shop near me that has these things.
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fuzzicato
24 October 02 |  |
Rating: 10
i love this sexy toy aaaaahhhhh
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Burzmali
20 October 02 |  |
Rating: 10
Hey, I've got one of those! and I never though to use it to photograph minis... And Ive been proppin up me camera on old mail order boxes for the past grud knows how long... Have to give it a go.
(at this point thanks in advance to my Aunt who sent it from Australia as an X-mas gift)
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Alx7
22 September 02 |  |
Rating: 10
Sweet! Thank you!
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illskilzpainter
13 September 02 | |
Rating: 10
That was exactly what I was looking for review or sales pitch, who cares thanx for the info
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Jericho
22 August 02 |  |
Rating: 9
Sounds really good! I know there have been times when I would have killed for a good tripod. And $5 is indeed very hard to argue 
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