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By Dieter Schaefer · Posted
When hand-holding, I am not using the tripod foot at all but turn the lens collar so the tripod foot points up (and can be used as a handle to carry the camera/lens combo). Of course, when I am taking the lens down from a tripod to better follow some action, then that tripod foot is in the way of holding the lens properly. And reaching that AF button on the lens. With bird photography (any action photography really) using a gimbal head, stability isn't the main concern. In fact, during shooting, the head base and the gimbal are usually unlocked to allow one to follow the bird around. The entire setup mostly is to take the weight of one's arms. Without proper tripod technique it can even happen that the images taken on the tripod are less sharp than the ones taken hand-held. I started out with Manfrotto plates on my tripods - I'll never go back to those. I forgot about those additional incompatible mounting systems. Even within the Arca-Swiss system one has to be careful - for example with using lever-style clamps from on manufacturer and plates from another; they may not necessarily clamp down securely. -
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