Because I do a lot of genealogical research for our family, and for others, I wanted a camera that had a twist and tilt LCD screen. With this feature I could install the camera on my very old but VERY sturdy Bogen 3221 tripod.<\/p>\n
With the camera steady, I would be able to photograph documents without blurring them.\u00a0 With the twist and tilt screen I could check to see if the document was in the correct position.\u00a0 With a remote shutter cable added to the mix, there would be no chance of unclear photographs.<\/p>\n
The wonderful Bogen professional tripod is really fabulous.\u00a0 I purchased it when I was going to study abroad in Toulouse, France in 1993.\u00a0 When it came to packing, the tripod was too heavy for me, a mature lady, to carry in my luggage, so it stayed home.\u00a0 Over the years I loaned it out to multiple people who wanted a great tripod without buying one of their own. Loaning out the tripod was perfectly fine but with an exception\u2026.I loaned it out one too many times!\u00a0 The last time I loaned it out the equipment\u00a0 came home without the quick release plate (QRP) for the head of the tripod, a critically important part of the head.\u00a0 I did not notice it until our son was in need of a tripod a couple of years ago.\u00a0 He purchased a replacement QRP which turned out not to fit perfectly so he purchased his own tripod\u2026probably a good idea since he was going to take lots of pictures and really needed his own equipment.<\/p>\n In the days moving towards Thanksgiving this year, Best Buy had a sale on cameras, and had the Canon Rebel EOS 5Ti, which was what I wanted.\u00a0 Miraculously I found a discount coupon which was added to their sale price.\u00a0 Nice.<\/p>\n![\"Bogen](\"https:\/\/thecountrywifeblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/bogen-3221-tripod.jpg\")
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