Tripod
noun
A three-legged stand or support, especially one used for a camera or telescope.
He set up his camera on a tripod to take a steady photo.
Often appears as...
- camera tripod
- telescope tripod
noun
A chair or stool with three legs.
The artist sat on a wooden tripod while sketching.
Often appears as...
- wooden tripod
- tripod stool
noun
A type of ancient vessel with three legs, used for cooking or serving.
Archaeologists discovered an ancient Greek tripod in the excavation site.
Often appears as...
- ancient tripod
- greek tripod
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A three-legged stand or support, especially one used for a camera or telescope.
He set up his camera on a tripod to take a steady photo.
Often appears as...
- camera tripod
- telescope tripod
noun
A chair or stool with three legs.
The artist sat on a wooden tripod while sketching.
Often appears as...
- wooden tripod
- tripod stool
noun
A type of ancient vessel with three legs, used for cooking or serving.
Archaeologists discovered an ancient Greek tripod in the excavation site.
Often appears as...
- ancient tripod
- greek tripod
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Stability Usage
A tripod provides stability to prevent shaky images, mainly used with cameras and telescopes.
Her photos came out sharp and clear thanks to using a tripod.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Equipment
'Tripod' suggests a technical and precise setup, often linked to photography and astronomy.
He adjusted the tripod carefully to align the telescope with the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjustable Legs
Most tripods have adjustable legs to level the device on uneven surfaces.
The photographer extended the tripod legs to get a better angle of the landscape.
Pro Tip 1/3Stability Usage
A tripod provides stability to prevent shaky images, mainly used with cameras and telescopes.
Her photos came out sharp and clear thanks to using a tripod.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Equipment
'Tripod' suggests a technical and precise setup, often linked to photography and astronomy.
He adjusted the tripod carefully to align the telescope with the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjustable Legs
Most tripods have adjustable legs to level the device on uneven surfaces.
The photographer extended the tripod legs to get a better angle of the landscape.
Pro Tip 1/3Stability Usage
A tripod provides stability to prevent shaky images, mainly used with cameras and telescopes.
Her photos came out sharp and clear thanks to using a tripod.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Equipment
'Tripod' suggests a technical and precise setup, often linked to photography and astronomy.
He adjusted the tripod carefully to align the telescope with the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjustable Legs
Most tripods have adjustable legs to level the device on uneven surfaces.
The photographer extended the tripod legs to get a better angle of the landscape.
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
you have to get up there and and make the main-floor platform with two main support poles and then you're only allowed to use 12 cross pieces for the floor and it all has to be tied together with vines and I said well you know I need to take quite a bit of equipment up there I need a tripod you know gets gear can I have a little bit wider floor and
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
but the problem is with the tripod cuz no-name used to put and get on the solid ground and it all works fine but today obviously I've got on the beach sits on a nice soft sand which means all the legs keep digging it so as I'm trying to pan or get nice smooth shots of the seals the legs are just going deeper and deeper and all the
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Filming The Yeti PIPE Wild...
used to people being around them the crew has to be quite small you have to be respectful of those animals you always have to remember that even if a scientist is has been following them they may may not accept a film crew so at first the film crews stood back used a lot of traditional camera techniques cameras mounted on tripods
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
only thing they could really do after they discovered I'd foiled their plan was to go and get a drink at the bar so as I said it's is temperate rainforest this place so it's pretty much impenetrable to go walking especially with you know big cameras and tripods so I was searching for the Wolves in my little 12 zodiac it was
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
and you're setting it up, putting it on the tripod. I've got the family, spent the better part of a day talking with them. They sort of understand what I'm on about. They think I'm a bit crazy, but that's another story. And what's most important for me is the beauty and the aesthetic,
Video examples
How to take a great...
a motion-blurred picture. The speed is measured in seconds and fractions of seconds. For shooting sports or anything with a lot of movement, we'll need faster speeds. For taking awesome night landscapes, longer exposures will be better, but we'll need a tripod to steady the shot
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Q&A with Experts About...
moon even a slightly brighter because the corona of the Sun is brighter than the full moon so you only see a few stars like a deep Twilight so it's possible to do hand lit handheld photography but I recommend you use a tripod for sure one of the things I do
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Mattias Klum: Lions,...
aerials so I contract a helicopter company and I asked who's the best pilot you have because it's very important you take off the door you want the helicopter to be stable and you put half of your butt outside and you use this helicopter as a moving tripod
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How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
is how you put it up put okay yeah to begin three wooden poles are lashed together near the top so they can then be raised as a large tripod this structure is now sturdy enough to act as the framework while new poles are added
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Nowruz and the Night Sky...
technical challenge of low light photography in general you need faster lenses longer exposure a steady tripod but more important is you need to plan you have to get a better understanding of the night
Video examples
Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
you have to get up there and and make the main-floor platform with two main support poles and then you're only allowed to use 12 cross pieces for the floor and it all has to be tied together with vines and I said well you know I need to take quite a bit of equipment up there I need a tripod you know gets gear can I have a little bit wider floor and
Video examples
Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
but the problem is with the tripod cuz no-name used to put and get on the solid ground and it all works fine but today obviously I've got on the beach sits on a nice soft sand which means all the legs keep digging it so as I'm trying to pan or get nice smooth shots of the seals the legs are just going deeper and deeper and all the
Video examples
Filming The Yeti PIPE Wild...
used to people being around them the crew has to be quite small you have to be respectful of those animals you always have to remember that even if a scientist is has been following them they may may not accept a film crew so at first the film crews stood back used a lot of traditional camera techniques cameras mounted on tripods
Video examples
A Quest to Find Canada’s...
only thing they could really do after they discovered I'd foiled their plan was to go and get a drink at the bar so as I said it's is temperate rainforest this place so it's pretty much impenetrable to go walking especially with you know big cameras and tripods so I was searching for the Wolves in my little 12 zodiac it was
Video examples
Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
and you're setting it up, putting it on the tripod. I've got the family, spent the better part of a day talking with them. They sort of understand what I'm on about. They think I'm a bit crazy, but that's another story. And what's most important for me is the beauty and the aesthetic,
Video examples
How to take a great...
a motion-blurred picture. The speed is measured in seconds and fractions of seconds. For shooting sports or anything with a lot of movement, we'll need faster speeds. For taking awesome night landscapes, longer exposures will be better, but we'll need a tripod to steady the shot
Video examples
Q&A with Experts About...
moon even a slightly brighter because the corona of the Sun is brighter than the full moon so you only see a few stars like a deep Twilight so it's possible to do hand lit handheld photography but I recommend you use a tripod for sure one of the things I do
Video examples
Mattias Klum: Lions,...
aerials so I contract a helicopter company and I asked who's the best pilot you have because it's very important you take off the door you want the helicopter to be stable and you put half of your butt outside and you use this helicopter as a moving tripod
Video examples
How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
is how you put it up put okay yeah to begin three wooden poles are lashed together near the top so they can then be raised as a large tripod this structure is now sturdy enough to act as the framework while new poles are added
Video examples
Nowruz and the Night Sky...
technical challenge of low light photography in general you need faster lenses longer exposure a steady tripod but more important is you need to plan you have to get a better understanding of the night
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Quote examples
Taylor Steele
American Director
My parents had bought a video camera for us to film Christmases and other family events. I took it down to the beach, set up a tripod, and I would grab two other friends, and we'd take turns filming and surfing. Then, at the end of the day, I'd go home and I'd make a video for everybody to watch.
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Ann Hood
American Novelist
Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father too, it was too easy for me to glimpse a future point where I alone was the keeper of not just my own childhood memories, but of my family lore.
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D. A. Pennebaker
American Director
If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian Director
Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't want to feel like you are disturbing anything, so I may use a camera like that.
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Li Ziqi
Chinese Celebrity
At first, when I did everything myself, I'd set up a tripod, film and then press stop. That's why all my shots are on a tripod and don't move, and that's why my videos are still filmed this way.
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Chloe Kim
American Athlete
I freak out when I see a spider. I was doing an interview once, and there was this really big, furry spider crawling up the tripod, and I was like, 'I can't do this!
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Steve Irwin
Australian Scientist
We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
Quote examples
Taylor Steele
American Director
My parents had bought a video camera for us to film Christmases and other family events. I took it down to the beach, set up a tripod, and I would grab two other friends, and we'd take turns filming and surfing. Then, at the end of the day, I'd go home and I'd make a video for everybody to watch.
Quote examples
Ann Hood
American Novelist
Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father too, it was too easy for me to glimpse a future point where I alone was the keeper of not just my own childhood memories, but of my family lore.
Quote examples
D. A. Pennebaker
American Director
If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
Quote examples
Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian Director
Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't want to feel like you are disturbing anything, so I may use a camera like that.
Quote examples
Li Ziqi
Chinese Celebrity
At first, when I did everything myself, I'd set up a tripod, film and then press stop. That's why all my shots are on a tripod and don't move, and that's why my videos are still filmed this way.
Quote examples
Chloe Kim
American Athlete
I freak out when I see a spider. I was doing an interview once, and there was this really big, furry spider crawling up the tripod, and I was like, 'I can't do this!
Quote examples
Steve Irwin
Australian Scientist
We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
Quote examples
Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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