Keep the Projector and Camcorder Lenses Close Together (page 2)
Highlights
Sometimes ideas stare you in the face and you don't see them. Here's one: when I read Videomaker, I hold a highlight pen (cost: about a dollar). When I come across something I want to remember or show someone else, I highlight it. When my videomaking friends borrow the magazine, they read the highlighted parts. It also helps me to remember if I've already read a given article when I pick the magazine up at any later time.
John Luciano
Torrington, Connecticut
Double Jointed
I enjoyed your article "Shopping for Tripods and Stabilizers," but you missed the mark in one area as most magazine articles on tripods do. I've been using tripods for many years with ball-joint fittings. The ball-joint fitting goes between the tripod legs and the tripod head and allows adjustment of the pan/tilt head to almost any angle while still retaining the pan/tilt capabilities of the head. Then, whether you're shooting on uneven ground, rocky surfaces or a tilted floor, it's still easy to get a level shot. Cinematographers have been using ball-joint tripods for years. Why shouldn't you?
Paul Gross
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
