monopods for point and shoot cameras

[GT]

Does anyone use them for on the water shots? Nothing more frustrating than getting home and finding that a pict is blurry from movement.
not to mention that your head got cut off also!



looking for a recommendation for one to carry that is fairly compact and possibly could be pushed into the ground or river bottom also.

[MikeA]

I have one but I only use it at sporting events. I'd rather carry a Tripod most of the time.

[oldtimer]

I found a good cheap way to solve my problem.  It came to me while wading the Caney.  I was using a "home-made" walking stick ( a straight 2" diameter cedar pole), and thought of adding a  threaded insert and a cut off bolt that my camera would attach to.  Works ok, although, I do use a good tripod when doing my landscape photography.

[Mike Hill]

Use one quite often.  While definitely not as stable as a tripod, it certainly helps.  I use one I've mounted a Manfrotto pistol grip ballhead on.  Kinda fun - sorta like playing a computer game with a joystick.  But works well with not only my bigger lenses (on the lens' tripod collar, but also macro.  I use the set up often with a macro set up with moving subjects. 

As far as the pic.  It's obviously late -  very late in the day or very early in the morning.  I guess the light was  the setting sun or maybe the rising sun.  Was flash an option?

[jladdsmith]

I posted this awhile back:

I'm no photog, so don't know whether or not this would be helpful, but I can see it working in principle to steady a shot. 

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003120.php

You could make one for little or nothing.   Wouldn't an elastic version work better?  I dunno.  Really, you could pull out a bunch of fly line and wrap it around your hand.  Have a pile on the ground and pull it up to whatever height to get the shot then step on the tag end.  Pull up tight with your camera hand, and....steady shot.  Might not work on the larger cameras some of y'all use, but I tried it with my little digital and it works great.  Plus, if you're fishing, you've always got it with you! 

[grumpy]

I'm fortunate that my P&S has stabilization built in.

Grumpy

[Leo deMonbreun]

I use a monopod often and they do help quite a bit.  if you can stop up and down movement and lock your elbows into your side, they will work fine with a P&S or a DSLR.  You don't need to spend a fortune on one either.  Targus has a nice one that collapses to around 20 inches for $20.00.

http://www.amazon.com/Targus-TG-MP7010-Maximum-Extension-70-Inch/dp/B001AJWAMG