 Brenda Jensen |
Tripods and Monopods for Action Photography? Are tripods and/or monopods used in action/sports photography? Also, is a "monolight" a type or brand of monopod? Thanks for taking the time to answer.
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John A. Lind |
Indeed they are. Monopods are probably more common for outdoor sports than tripods. Indoors, it depends on the sport and how often and how quickly the camera location must be moved. With a little experience, they can be very helpful. A tripod can work well if there's someplace decent to set it up and if you don't need to move it. The simplistic answer about monolights: -- John
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John A. Lind |
Brenda, Forgot to tell you why it's called a monolight . . . Monolights are studio strobes with the power supply for the strobe built into the light head. Most monolights are about the size of a half-pound loaf of bread; shapes vary, but you get the general idea; smaller than the breadbox but not smaller than the bread loaf. This doesn't include the reflectors, umbrellas, softboxes, barn doors, filter holders, or other accessories commonly used with them. The other type of studio strobe is a "power pack" system. With these, the power supply for multiple lights is in one (typically larger) box and a cord is run from the power supply to each light being powered by it. -- John
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