Anchoring down the tripod

[Ali C]

Does anyone anchor down the mount to reduce wobble, if so does it make a significant difference ?

cheers

Ali

[steppenwolf]

I have suspended a weight from the centre of mine before now and, yes, it does make a difference.

[Woolleson]

Vibration mounts will help too..........

[damnut]

Hi Ali C,

Anything that can suppress vibration will help, simple bag of sand suspended from the middle will help. As will the anti vibration pads mentioned above..

Cheers

[Ali C]

Thanks

Do you have the weight suspended in mid air or find something heavy enough to sit on the ground to create downward force.

I was thinking of using bungees and a couple of 20kg weights?

[laser_jock99]

A bucket of water or rocks will do. Just make sure it's not swinging slowly as this will show up if you're imaging!

[sologuitarist61]

Anti Vibration pads and any large stone/brick on the bracing platform makes a big diffference especially when breezy (most of the time in Cornwall!)

[Psychobilly]

I used to bungee mine to the 110AH lesiure battery used to run the kit with the tripod feet on AV mounts ..

[Ali C]

Thanks, laser_jock

For use in the Garden, I think I will find a way of making a solid anchor point.

cheers

Ali

[iwatkins]

If you have a mount like an EQ5/6, you have a long bolt that screws vertically up into the mount. On that bolt you can screw on a plate and hook that hangs downwards.

You can then hang anything off it. I usually hang my power tank off it, but could be a bag of rocks, gravel, bricks etc.

Many good photographic tripods have this feature for this very reason.

If you observe from solid concrete, drill some holes, put in some ground anchor rings. Then put your tripod above them and then use tie down straps to connect to the ground. Careful though, those ratchet straps can have a lot of power.

Cheers

Ian

[sologuitarist61]

Thanks, laser_jock

For use in the Garden, I think I will find a way of making a solid anchor point.

cheers

Ali

This is the best solution if you can get, or get made, a pier that your mount can fit onto, and if you have decent seeing from your garden.

Would love to be able to do this myself, but I do not have a dark enough site,