Panning Ground Pod

The Walt Anderson Panning Ground Pod - Visual Echoes Inc. Panning Plate

The ground-pod consists of a 4X8" base plate (with 4 little rubber-nubbed "feet" at each corner) and a small but sturdy Arca-Swiss style clamp mounted atop lazy-Susan type base that makes it is easier to follow running or foraging birds.  (The base itself has four cut-out sections that reduce the weight of the unit.) The thing that I love most about the ground-pod is that when I turn the lens to vertical, the height of the pod keeps the camera out of the sand or mud.  (This is a big problem when you simply place the mounting plate and the lens foot in the sand or mud. as I did for years)  And of course, the ground-pod keeps most of the sand and mud off of your expensive equipment...

To learn more about ground-level photography, click here: http://www.birdsasart.com/bn85.htm