Vanguard SBH-100 and Alta Pro 263AT Review
Have you been looking for a tripod? One that will help video family gatherings, hold your camera during children’s performances so you don’t have to, and help you take just the right picture? Me too. After tons of research, the legs and head I decided on was the Vanguard SBH-100 and Alta Pro 263AT.
The Head: Vanguard SBH-100
An important part of any tripod is the head; the part that connects the camera to the legs. There are many options to consider when deciding on a tripod head. If you are going to mount a video camera and take mostly videos or landscape photography, you may want a pan head. For general photography, a ball head is a great choice. Most of how I use my camera is to shoot videos (check out my laser engraving videos on YouTube) and take general photography so for me, a ball head was just what I needed. The particular ball head I chose is the Vanguard SBH-100.
The SBH-100 is a medium duty head that supports about 10 pounds of camera equipment. The heaviest combination of camera equipment I have is a little bit over 2.5 pounds (a Canon T3i with a Canon USM 70-300mm zoom lens). This head will support just about any upgrade I will want to make to my lens, body, or whatever.
Here are some features of the SBH-100 that influenced my decision (check out the end of the post for pictures):
- two bubble levels
- Quick release plate (two of them)
- 360 scale for rotation
Picture a day – 02-05-12
Here are the pictures from the previous week (Saturday, 02-05-2012 through Saturday, 02-11-2012) for my Picture a day. This week I again missed a few days. In fact, this week was more of a Picture every other day.
I started this year hoping I would go through an entire year taking multiple pictures per day. This has just not happened. I did not expect to be spending as much time as I have on my business and blogs. I will continue to take pictures and will do my best to be more intentional about doing it everyday, I am no longer under the illusion that I will be 100%. I know I will only get better with practice but taking pictures just to say I had a picture a day does little or no good.
My main goal with this is to become a better photographer through practice and feedback. Let me know how I am doing. If you like these images, please share them (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pintrest…)
If you missed the previous week’s Picture a day, check them out (you can also find them on Flickr and Google+) [Read more…]
Picture a day – 01-29-12
Here are the pictures from the previous week (Saturday, 01-29-2012 through Saturday, 02-04-2012) for my Picture a day. This week I not only realized that I have too many irons in the fire, but as much as I really like photography, I really don’t want to have to take pictures. As a result, there are a few missed days.
I started this year hoping I would go through an entire year taking multiple pictures per day. This has just not happened. I did not expect to be spending as much time as I have on my business and blogs. I will continue to take pictures and will do my best to be more intentional about doing it everyday, I am no longer under the illusion that I will be 100%. I know I will only get better with practice but taking pictures just to say I had a picture a day does little or no good.
My main goal with this is to become a better photographer through practice and feedback. Let me know how I am doing. If you like these images, please share them (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pintrest…)
If you missed the previous week’s Picture a day, check them out (you can also find them on Flickr and Google+) [Read more…]
Picture a day – 01-22-12
Here are the pictures from the previous week (Saturday, 01-21-2012 through Friday, 01-27-2012) for my Picture a day. This week I concentrated on miniature pictures, usually involving Legos. This is the first time I have missed taking a picture. On Tuesday, 1-24-12, I dozed off after work at around 6 pm and ended up sleeping for 12 hours (I must have been tired). That was the first day I had not taken a picture in about a month. There is also no picture for Friday, but not for the same reason. I could have taken any picture but I wanted to follow the miniature theme. Tomorrow is a new day.
I will be changing the schedule that I post the pictures in an effort to get in sync with the calendar so next week, I will post the newest Picture a day post on Sunday, 2-5-12.
My main goal with this is to become a better photographer through practice and feedback. Let me know how I am doing. If you like these images, please share them (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pintrest…)
If you missed the previous week’s Picture a day, check them out (you can also find them on Flickr and Google+) [Read more…]