Does head pivot so that you can take vertical still photos as well as horizontal?
2072430
The monopod does not include a head. You can buy all manner of tilting, swiveling, and ball and socket heads separately. (I bought it to manage a spotting scope, and didn't buy a head.)
2072431
No. It has a screwhead to attach a camera, but there is no pivots to adjust angles or perspectives, like you get on a tripod.
2072432
It depends on the type of head you purchase. Most people would buy the less expensive simple head which does not tilt for veritical position. This is not a function of the Monopod.
836819
you must use the camera always in horizontal position. photographing in vertical position you will see the photo at tv always at horizontal position... you cannot rotate the photo 90 degrees up or down for reproduction in tv. so, use always in horizontal position. this is my experience
1509512
There are small allen head set-screws on either side of the camera piece which lock the angle. You have to loosen then to move it and then tighten to lock it back.
2241559
The camera head can be directed in a 180 degree fashion. (fairly well designed) But there is no optical zoom, so you may need to make adjustments for "framing".
1553654
Depending on what you are using it for. I have found that if I need to use the camera pointed in an upward position, it doesn't work very well. Your camera is secure, but the weight of the camera seems to shift it downward. If you just need to go straight or downward to keep things still, it works fine.
1949782
You can absolutely take vertical pictures as the tripod rotates around 270 degrees I believe. Buy this product. It is great quality and you will not be disappointed with the versatility of the gorilla pod
951483
There is a release button in the bottom of the column which allows the column to be positioned at a 90 degree angle. In that position, the column can be slid sideways which allows the camera weight to be brought closer to the center of balance. The ballhead will allow the camera to be positioned downward to photograph documents, etc. The 190XPROB3 has been a great tripod for me--great quality at a good price.
1591448
Yes I does auto rotate pictures, and it does this quite seamlessly. You can also adjust how you want the transition to occur as well, ie from top to bottom, or side to side ect. When I set up my 400 photo's on one of my SD cards, however, I did try to put all my horizontal photo's together, then vertical photo's, just in case the transition was slow. It isn't and that wasn't really necessary. Horizontal photos, of course will always show full frame & look much better however!
336679
I have not experienced any noticeable movement or image shift when locking the vertical and/or the horizontal. The movement of the head has been very smooth. I use it with a 300mm lens so I don't have any experience with a larger 500mm lens. Once I establish balance of the lens and camera, the moves very smoothly.
667891
Yes -in fact there is one control lever for pointing camera up/down, and a second to rotate camera along lens axis for portrait/landscape orientation.There are also two built-in bubble levels for reference.
845050
Yes there's a joint so you can rotate the camera to give you a normal view no matter how the camera is mounted.
247731
No...im sure you can jerry rig it to work somehow. But they way in swivels it only work with a regular camera in the right position. you cant take pics the long way because the arm will give out and swivel so the camera is on the bottom. it won't hold it upright on the side. if that makes sense
1162240
I purchased this model close to a year ago...the head will pivot down from shown to 90 degrees...it will also pivot 360 degrees the other way (like holding your hand out palm down and rotating it palm up)....i've been very happy....good luck!
1273492
Yes, you can tilt head up and down but better, you have arrows on the screen to move up, down, right, left, close ups, or move away from your object. I cannot answer the digital still photo question, I've not tried that function.
1873677
The head is oriented to shoot with the camera taking a straight horizontal shot. You will have to experiment with camera placement on the head plate and using the tilt / pan adjustment knobs to get the vertical or overhead views you desire. I use this tripod for all my shooting: star shots, multi-shot panoramics, portraits and even as a video mount. Very versatile. Will also allow you to use a Manfrotto ball-head should you choose.
2087989
It is already horizontal in the picture. When you release the adjustment on the side then you can tilt the camera vertically. I guess they say both because once the camera is vertical, then you can tilt it back horizontal.
1972073
The cameras position is fixed but you can easily spin around the the entire monopod 360 degrees, there is a metal point at the bottom that allow this.