Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
I'm copying a post from the Leica area on the use of tripods in NYC.
It would be a service to the MF landscape community if you could post your experiences on hassles with tripods in urban and other areas.
Here's the quote: . . . I'm not certain what the deal is on tripods in NYC. They were banned; there was litigation; there was some sort of compromise. The average cop probably doesn't know about the compromise, but it has something to do with pedestrian congestion and sidewalks. There are many places you clearly won't be able to use one - interiors (Grand Central, museums and churches); "private" outdoor spaces (the plaza in front of the Seagram building or any similar site, and surprisingly Bryant Park), and surprisingly much of Central Park. Here's a link: Link on tripod use in NYC. New York is no worse in this respect than most other large cities.
This is why I get much more use from my M9 in New York than I do from my H3D -39. It's also why I've mastered handheld stitching - I've proven to my satisfaction that a three frame stitch cannot be distinguished from the H3D on a 24x36 inch print. A tabletop tripod (the sturdy Leica version) is invaluable in this context, using a convenient tree, pole, parking meter, whatever, as a support. But I was hassled even with the table top tripod in the plaza at Lincoln Center.
Here's a NY Times article on a story (a guy arrested for photographing an Amtrak train) that made national news (if you do nothing else today click through on this one!): Amtrak photo contest
It would be a service to the MF landscape community if you could post your experiences on hassles with tripods in urban and other areas.
Here's the quote: . . . I'm not certain what the deal is on tripods in NYC. They were banned; there was litigation; there was some sort of compromise. The average cop probably doesn't know about the compromise, but it has something to do with pedestrian congestion and sidewalks. There are many places you clearly won't be able to use one - interiors (Grand Central, museums and churches); "private" outdoor spaces (the plaza in front of the Seagram building or any similar site, and surprisingly Bryant Park), and surprisingly much of Central Park. Here's a link: Link on tripod use in NYC. New York is no worse in this respect than most other large cities.
This is why I get much more use from my M9 in New York than I do from my H3D -39. It's also why I've mastered handheld stitching - I've proven to my satisfaction that a three frame stitch cannot be distinguished from the H3D on a 24x36 inch print. A tabletop tripod (the sturdy Leica version) is invaluable in this context, using a convenient tree, pole, parking meter, whatever, as a support. But I was hassled even with the table top tripod in the plaza at Lincoln Center.
Here's a NY Times article on a story (a guy arrested for photographing an Amtrak train) that made national news (if you do nothing else today click through on this one!): Amtrak photo contest