Football. monopod or tripod?

Do you guys use a monopod or tripod when shooting football?

Thanks

Mono

mono... i would not want to carry around a tripod...

Mono - unless you're gonna stand in one spot (which doesn't work too well for football), a tripod won't work well. And if you're walking through the box or shooting from the box, the players and coaches will not appreciate a tripod - space is tight anyway.

Thanks guys... as a side note this is for 11-12 year old football... so space on sidelines would be fine...... looks like I will give the monopod a try.


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Tripods are usually not allowed depending on the league, go with mono.

I am just getting started in photography and I have shot with a tripod for the first 3 weeks until I found the Monopod That I wanted and tonight I used my Monopod for the first time and I don't want to go back to the tripod. The Monopod is awesome

Try handholding and shooting first. That's all I've ever done until last friday night when I mounted my flash onto a monopod. Didn't like it that well. Harder to pan the camera without tilting shots.

And please don't take a tripod unless you plan to camp out at one spot way far from the field.

dave

Yeah, I shoot handheld. I tried a monopod yesterday for my brothers football game, and I guess since I can get so close, it doesn't really help me.

to the guys who say handhold,

you guys might be using a 70-200 or something of that sort... personally I wouldnt shoot with a 300 handheld anymore for that long of a game. but that is just me. Again it all goes into what gear you are using.

I won't even shoot a 70-200 handheld anymore. Simply no sense to for me at least.

SwiftFootTim wrote in post #8701622
I won't even shoot a 70-200 handheld anymore. Simply no sense to for me at least.

why? you seem pretty young in your avatar...

Wow! Maybe Magilla Gorilla can do it not not me. The lens weighs 6# alone, not counting the camera body, flash and battery pack - easily 12-15#. Even without the flash, I can't hand hold my rig for more than one or two shots, then the front of the lens seems to droop!

Mike

There's one photographer here.. she's about 5'5 and actually carries her 40D with the 70-200 F2.8 .. around her neck! I can't even imagine attempting to carry that weight on the neck.

By the way.. a TRIPOD would get you or your equipment killed if you weren't using it like a monopod .. no way you'd be able to get yourself or the equipment out of the way of players coming towards the sidelines!