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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1097237, member: 27832"]I think you're on the right track. Careful, though, buying a tripod at Best Buy -- a cheap tripod can be worse than useless. If you're handy, you might actually do better by getting a tripod-size screw (1/4"x20), mounting it through a block of wood, and wedging that wood block between cinder blocks or something similarly heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you <i>do</i> get a tripod, even a cheap one, you might get good results by using the "self-timer" feature on your camera. That way you aren't pressing any buttons or touching the camera when it actually takes the photo, and you're less likely to knock it out of focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can think about this as an exploratory journey with rewards at the end, rather than an exercise in frustration, it might be a little bit easier to take. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1097237, member: 27832"]I think you're on the right track. Careful, though, buying a tripod at Best Buy -- a cheap tripod can be worse than useless. If you're handy, you might actually do better by getting a tripod-size screw (1/4"x20), mounting it through a block of wood, and wedging that wood block between cinder blocks or something similarly heavy. If you [I]do[/I] get a tripod, even a cheap one, you might get good results by using the "self-timer" feature on your camera. That way you aren't pressing any buttons or touching the camera when it actually takes the photo, and you're less likely to knock it out of focus. If you can think about this as an exploratory journey with rewards at the end, rather than an exercise in frustration, it might be a little bit easier to take. :)[/QUOTE]
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