![]() ![]() When I see guys setting up actual lightstands on the side of a hill, I shake my head. It’s also a great way to keep your gear off the ground if it’s wet or muddy. Most tripods have a hook there for this very purpose. ![]() A tripod can easily be weighed down and stabilized further, if need be, by hanging your camera bag or a battery pack from the center column. Only a tripod allows for proper placement on uneven ground while remaining stable. Kind of like the guy spinning plates at the end of a pole at the circus. Once their center columns are extended, they are extremely precarious. Lightstands are barely stable enough to stay upright on solid ground, let alone in the dirt, on the side of a mountain or with any sort of breeze. Their legs only spread as a group and are not adjustable. ![]() Traditional lightstands are designed for studio work and are far from the ‘hot ticket’ for sports photography. Only a tripod can provide the adjustability and stable footing required to properly mount a strobe for shooting outdoor adventure sports. Maybe a heavily sandbagged c-stand could be used for arena lighting, but certainly not in the field. Actual lightstands are a completely different beast and are not suitable for sports photography, at least not the sports I shoot. So you are in fact getting two for one here a review and how-to light outdoor sports. Let me first start off by saying that, while this is by definition a tripod, for the purposes of this review it is a lightstand because that is how I use it. ![]()
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