Telescopic Tripod Mast Purchasing Guide

For photographers, telescopic tripod is worth to invest except for camera and lens. However, do you know how to choose a suitable tripod for yourselves? We will introduce what you should pay attention to when choosing a tripod in this paper.

How To Choose Telescopic Tripod Mast?

Portability

The first thing you need to pay attention to is that whether the tripod pole is portable. It is recommended that the smaller of the tripod mast, the better. The tripod pole is usually telescopic. The leg of it is generally divided into three or four sections. Generally speaking, the less of the legs, the tripod is more stable. While, the more of the legs, each of the section is shorter and it will be much easier to carry.

Material

Generally speaking, the materials of the tripod are divided into four kinds: plastic, aluminum alloy, aluminum alloy and carbon fiber. Carbon fibre is the most durable, followed by aluminium alloys and magnesium alloy. And the aluminium alloys are cheaper. The carbon fiber is favored by most people because of its beautiful appearance, and it is also very light. The disadvantage is that it is expensive.

Foot Frame And Head

Most of the legs are tripod telescopic design, used to stabilize the camera bracket, and the head is part of the connection between the legs and the camera, which can be used for multi-angle movement of the camera. General high quality of the foot and head, are bought separately, so that users have more choices in the combination of the two.

Tripod Height

The maximum height of a suitable tripod is recommended to be level with the eyes (including the camera, but not counting the height of the central axis), so that there is no need to bend over and the body is light.

How To Use Tripod Correctly?

Don’t Rise Axis

When shooting a long view, such as landscape or architecture, whether the center axis is raised or not has little effect on composition. However, the center of gravity of the camera increases after the center axis is raised, which will increase the collapse crisis. Therefore, it can be considered to take no center axis when shooting, so as to reduce the overall weight. To further enhance stability, users can hang heavy objects on the hanger, but remember that the weight should be able to reach the ground, otherwise hanging heavy objects in the air will be blown by the wind, but will pull down the hanger.

Keep One Foot Pointing Towards The Lens

When placing the foot frame, one foot should be extended towards the lens to avoid falling due to the weight of the lens. At the same time, the photographer should not accidentally fall off the foot frame when moving behind the camera. Keep one foot in the direction of the camera, so as not to fall off the foot frame. In addition, the height of the foot frame is best to reach the eye level, so as to avoid excessive bending when shooting

In Conclusion

The most important thing is to reduce your burden as far as possible. And then you can consider the durability, price, material and other factors. If you are looking for a good quality tripod extensible pole, you can find them in WEISILI.