Recent content by igloo

Apologies for monologuing, but for the benefit of anyone reading this thread in the future, having tried this out for real last weekend I am no longer so convinced. In particular, I was using the video camera and the gorillapod. Having the QR plate mounted sideways is annoying for a couple of...

And the answer is: Just about! With the adapter on the 501 plate the natural way round, the bulges on the bottom of the adapter foul the head when you try to put the 501 plate in. But there's just enough space to rotate the adaptor 90 degrees, so that the bulges hang off the back of the...

OK, thanks Nod. I think I'll give it a go. At worst I'll end up with a spare QR plate, and I'll have to try plan B (I've found a monopod head that looks like it'll definitely work, but would be klunkier and perhaps less stable).

Hi all, I have a few questions about Manfrotto release plates which I wonder if anyone could help me with please? I have a Manfrotto 701HDV with a 501PL quick release plate, and a Manfrotto 494RC2 with a 200PL-14 quick release plate. This means that if I want to move a camera from one...

Hmm, it looked to me like the effect was too widespread to be caused by steam/smoke from the loco, but perhaps I was wrong. I'll keep an eye out and see if it happens again in different circumstances. Thanks for the replies Ian

Hi all, Below are two photos (you can click on them for full-size versions) of pretty much the same scene taken a couple of minutes apart with more or less the same settings (f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 720 vs f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 800). The first photo seems to have a sort of haze over it. It looks...