Tripods

Full size tripods and heads are a bit of overkill for a mirrorless APS-C camera. I recommend the Sirui T-025X or equivalent. The model numbers have changed since I bought this several years ago. Travel tripods are great. They are light, compact, can fit inside a camera bag, and can support a mirrorless camera with no problem. However, one of the challenges of using a travel tripod is that the height required for a shot may be beyond the limitation of the tripod. So what do you do? Improvise.

For this shot of the canyon river in Taroko National Park, I put the tripod on top of the railing. This is unstable so keep that in mind. A sand bag or sock full of uncooked beans or rice can also work well in these situations.

This is a bit precarious. A bump and your whole rig could go over the side and into the river.

I tried to make this set up work, but as you can see, it was just too short to clear the railing. So now what?