DCA's Electric Light Parade: To tripod or not to tripod, that is the question

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I'm going to be shooting the Disney's Main Street California Adventure Electric Light Parade.

Should I tripod up or free hold the camera? ;
 
iso 1600 handheld should be all you need. ; remember you don't want long exposures because the floats are moving. ; you need speed.
 
Tripod is too constraining and there is little, if any, benefit of using it. ; Your shutter speeds will have to be at least 1/60, and at that point only the most extreme camera shake is going to have any effect on the shot. ; Most of my Spectro shots come in around 1/100th, at which point I don't think a tripod would offer any benefit.
 
Re: DCA's Electric Light Parade: To tripod or not to tripod, that is the questi

Has anyone tried a monopod? ; It seems like it would reduce some camera shake and wouldn't be quite as cumbersome as a tripod.
 
Re: DCA's Electric Light Parade: To tripod or not to tripod, that is the questi

I used a monopod back when I shot it for the press event when it first returned to California. ; But I was also shooting film, and ISO 800, so I needed the extra support, esp. after a long day at the park.
 
Re: DCA's Electric Light Parade: To tripod or not

with relatively clean high iso's nowadays, I would strongly urge you to resist overcomplicating thus parade and just go handheld at a higher iso with a fairly open aperture. tripods and monopods might just get in the way with all of the people packed into the viewing areas.
 
"Tim" said:
with relatively clean high iso's nowadays, I would strongly urge you to resist overcomplicating thus parade and just go handheld at a higher iso with a fairly open aperture. tripods and monopods might just get in the way with all of the people packed into the viewing areas.
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Totally agreed. ; For the sake of others I wouldn't do it, but even before considering that, I firmly believe that there is absolutely nothing to gain by using a tripod or monopod. ; Even with the poor high ISO performance of the D40, I was able to get sharp photos of SpectroMagic without any problems. ; I don't think I ever even had to go to ISO 1600 to do so.
 
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