Pro tip: Always check your tripod leg locks before a shoot

I was out at Joshua Tree last month trying to get a clear shot of the Milky Way. Set up my camera, dialed in the settings for a 20 second exposure, and hit the shutter. Right as the exposure started, one of the tripod legs slowly slid down and the whole thing tilted. The image came out as a blurry mess of streaked stars. Now I double check every lock before I even mount the camera. Anyone else have a good setup ruined by something dumb like this?

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the_ray3d ago

Learned that lesson the hard way myself, never skip the check.

kai7793d ago

Idk @the_ray, I've been lucky and never had an issue skipping it.

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