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There is no question that a good tripod is an extremely important piece of equipment for the serious travel photographer. Whether or not you actually take one come down to the kind of pictures you hope to take and if that overrides the hassle of packing and carrying the extra weight. You can take most of your travel picture without a tripod with few problems, however in low light conditions indoors or city streets a tripod is needed for slow shutter speeds and maximising depth of field.
If you have a special interest in landscape photography you'll need a tripod. Look for a tripod that you are happy to carry with, they are useless if you keep them behind. Anything too filmsy will let you down by not keeping the camera steady. Check them out at full extension and with your camera and longest lens attached. Make sure you can splay the legs for ease of use on unlevel ground.
Camera Support Options
If you don't even want to carry a small tripod, there are several options worth considering. Table top tripods support the camera around 15cm above the surface. These tiny tripods are suitable for compact camers that have auto exposure running to several seconds and for small SLRs with wide angle or standard lenses. They need to be used in conjunction with wall or table... unless you want to take all your pictures lying on the ground looking up.
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