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Blue_In_AK

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6. Not necessarily,

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:20 PM

Dec 2012

especially if you're doing live view, but I like to look through the viewfinder, so if I'm holding the monopod out away from my body a bit and then pull the camera to my eyes, it will tilt up. Also if I want to shoot down, I would be able to hold the monopod vertical and then point the camera down using the ball head. It just seems a little more flexible to me to have one. I'm sure it's a matter of personal preference.

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Can anyone recommend a good head for my monopod? [View all] Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 OP

I use the gorillapod ballhead Speck Tater Dec 2012 #1

Thanks. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #2

You might need something heavier then. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #4

I think they may have a heavier duty one. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #7

Do monopods need an adjustable head? ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #3

They can be useful, but not as much as with a tripod Major Nikon Dec 2012 #5

Something like that would probably work for me, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #8

I have a ballhead and a pan/tilt for my tripod Major Nikon Dec 2012 #9

A simple tilt head is what I have on my monopod. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #11

Not necessarily, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #6

I like the ballhead on my monopod, but then again... Speck Tater Dec 2012 #10