Do you know how to use CAMERA RIG

You can often see someone holding a camera rig, but do you know how to use it?

There are three main reasons:

1, to prevent jitter. Hand-held camera shooting, the shutter speed is high to avoid camera shake caused by blurred images, and the shutter speed is low need to help the camera rig. Shutter speed is relative, generally measured by the reciprocal of the lens focal length. For example, when shooting with a 200 mm lens, the hand shutter speed is used to prevent the shutter speed from shooting with the reciprocal of the focal length and the shutter speed of 1/200 or more.

The camera rig is indispensable when shooting in low-light conditions such as nighttime, dusk, and dawn. Therefore, when using the camera rig for long-time exposure creation, the image stabilization function of the camera (lens) is turned off, otherwise the work may be blurred

2, accurate composition. The camera rig is also indispensable when we need to create a well-framed picture. Although the camera can easily adjust the shutter speed and aperture, but composition is easy to change, not easy to control.

3, strict control of depth of field. It is especially important in macro photography at this point. Photographers who love macro photography are well aware that macro lenses used in macro photography have a shallow depth of field and are extremely difficult to control. Focusing is troublesome with a hand-held camera, and the composition needs to be fairly accurate during the shooting, which can not be done without the help of a camera rig.

Most photography enthusiasts only notice the first point, while the second and third points are often ignored.


1 first composition

First check the environment, serious composition, and then to consider the tripod, rather than hurry to put the camera on the first tripod.

2 Point one of the feet at the subject

One foot points to the subject, that is, two feet separate toward you and leave room for adjustment before the camera, it will not trip over the tripod easily, and the camera will not tip forward easily when it is shot down .

3 Keep the center axis vertical and at right angles to the ground

Try to keep the camera's weight evenly distributed to the three feet, and keep the central axis perpendicular to the ground at right angles. Many tripods are equipped with a level for the auxiliary, if not, you can also buy in the store.