I have been playing around with long exposures after I bought this camera(Canon EOS M200) in last winter. So far I am using rocks/chairs/floors for this. But I want to buy a tripod which will serve the purpose and will be portable enough. As I would only use my gear while traveling with my family, hence want to keep the weight to minimum. My focus would be to capture city light trails/ Neon Decors at night/ Night Sky. Thank You for the help.This forum has been amazing so far.
Well I have two things to suggest for night sky work, a nice wide fast lens will help like a 14mm 2.8. The wider open the lens the more light you allow and the lower ISO you can use on a 30 sec exposure. Secondly that tripod, I would suggest you shop around and see if you can find a good value on a carbon fiber, they tend to fold up rather compact and don't weigh a lot for hiking out to your location, but most importantly they dampen camera vibration and shake much better than steel or aluminum. There are a variety of choices but they will cost a bit more than a non carbon fiber one. And with a small camera and not much weight I also suggest using a bungy cord to weigh down the tripod to the camera bag underneath using it like a sandbag weight, that will help too with long exposure.
i have three benro carbon fibre tripods Benro Carbon Fibre Travel Tripod Benro Carbon Fibre Tripod Legs GoPlus Classic Series 3 Section TGP17C Benro sc08 mini tripod the travel one is a nice light weight one that i can carry in a ruck sack style on my back and i was half way around a wood when i sat down and released i had it, its that light, the classic is more of a sturdier one, a bit longer in its folded state and has the flippy center column the sc08 i had to order from china and it is probably the one i have used the most, even with my 100-400mm sigma and M50 for stars (use it on my wall for that) there are videos on youtube of them, the sc08 folds down to the size of a medium ef lens allan walls on youtube has recently done a review of the Travel Tripod from K&F Concept - S210 which i liked the look of alot, if i dint have a pod then i would look at that one as a possibility for what you might want. the heads i have are the ball heads the pods come with and i bought the benro 3 way geared head which i use for astro and any precise framing i'm not a huge user of tripods but its nice to have them when i need them of the pods i have above the sc08 and travel one might be of intreast to you the most, the classic might be too large in size for easy carry around but then i'm a little itty bitty person
A couple of questions. What sort of weight are you looking at mounting on the tripod. And what sort of head are you looking at? I have two tripods. A Benbo, and this tripod is brilliant for low down stuff. And I was given a heavy duty video tripod that has seen better days, but it is my go to tripod. The weight of it is not a problem for me, but I can confidently mount a lot of weight on it and it's rock solid. I attach a tracker, camera and lens on top of it without any problems. I also use ball heads. Gary
Thanks Johnsey, Im working on finding a fast lens which will suit me. Thank You for the suggestions in other post. Ill take a look, Thanks. Already got some great suggestions.I will check.
Thank You those are some exiting suggestions.Im very much intrigued with Benro sc08 mini tripod.But just because it has complications with shipping, I might have to go with Benro Carbon Fibre Travel Tripod.But I think ill take sometime. Thank you for pointing towards right channel in YT aswell. Ill find the one I need.
Thanks Gary.The way im looking at it right now, weight would be 390to 650 gm at present.unless I upgrade my gear, in that case ill upgrade my tripod as well. I have no idea on tracker though.I have to study on this more and reach a decision. I have learnt few new words in last few days,Gotta spend time on those
i ordered it on ebay from china to the uk and never had any customs to pay, this was before brexit though
