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Hallo again! Today I thought we’d have some practical discussion about the types of tripods Induro offers. There are many options, but I thought we’d start with the CARBON 8X C-Series carbon fiber tripods. Here’s the rundown:

INDURO CARBON 8X C-Series carbon fiber tripods offer the ultimate in strength, light weight, fast action, and reliable performance. They’re ideal for Backpackers, Nature, Wildlife, Landscape, Photojournalist, Travel and On-location Photographers. C-Series tripods are made of the latest generation of high quality 8-layer carbon fiber tubing which is 60% stronger overall than conventional carbon fiber material. Each leg lock has a specially designed dust and moisture-resistant seal and each tripod includes interchangeable rubber feet and stainless steel spikes.

See? These things go with you into the field. I like to drag my tripod wherever I go, so I think one of these would be ideal for me. But which one? The Induro site has some very helpful graphics to show you which tripods work with which cameras. Let’s take a look, smallest to largest.

First- The C013 and C014

These are awesome for point & shoot and SLR cameras. Let’s see- here’s a picture of mine I took with a point & shoot. Good thing I had a tripod handy:

Rachel Hulin, New Year's 2008

See? Even though it was New Year’s the image is steady. Remarkable!

Next- the C113 and C114. These are a little taller. Again, good with a point & shoot or SLR.

Rachel Hulin, Wedding Rose, 2008

Here a shot of mine with an SLR. F/1.2

Next up? The C213 and C214.

You can break out the medium format camera if you’d like with this model, as well as an SLR. You could make a square shot like this:

Rachel Hulin, Blinds, 2009

Now we’re getting up to the bigger models. The C313 and C314 will support medium format, or a long lens. So you can spy on divers in the Caribbean.

Rachel Hulin, Cliff Divers, 2009

And finally…

Use the C413 and C414 for long lenses and View Cameras.

Rachel Hulin, Big Dog!, 2008

And find a big dog! Your Induro tripod will help you get a still shot, even if the sun if going down and your niece is squirming, and you’re crouched behind a 4×5.

That’s it, folks! Have a pleasant day.

Jarrett Murphy, Route 531, Spencerport, New York, 2008

I saw this picture (above) on Flak Photo the other day and was very impressed. Jarrett Murphy makes long exposures and paints his landscapes with light, creating an almost other-wordly effect. I hadn’t seen this done much, though my buddy Wesley Brown over at We Can Shoot Too alerted me to the brilliance of British photographer Tim Simmons, who uses a similar technique. So today we get two for one!

These images are pretty spectacular- it seems as though a lot of work that would normally done in post are done in camera- the edges are smoothed over, the light glows. You could put a car in there, and voila! An ad!

Below, six from Simmons.

Tim Simmons, Intervention Rockpool #1 2007

Tim Simmons, Intervention Rockpool #4 2008

Tim Simmons, Intervention Rockpool #7 2008

Do you paint with light? Send over some samples!