For most, this movie will probably be quite dull. For those those considering purchasing a monopod, I hope you will find it useful (please let me know either way).

I took a range of pans using my HV30 with and without the Manfrotto 560B monopod to help demonstrate the stabilising effect of using a monopod over handheld.

I am by no means a handheld expert (just look at my woeful pans), nor am I a monopod expert. This is me at the park, a day after I got the monopod trying my best to compare the two styles of shooting. I think you will immediately see the marked improvement using a monopod has on image stability. After only using it for a few days, my off the cuff shooting quality has improved in leaps and bounds.

Each shot is preceded with a label saying whether it was handheld or monopod assisted. The last long shot of the water bird is all thanks to the smooth movement possible with the 560B - I couldn't bring myself to cut it.

At the time I shot this my DOF adapter was broken, so unfortunately I don't have any footage of the monopod and adapter. My next videos will all be using (for the most part) the DOF adapter and monopod.

For more details and first impressions of the Manfrotto 560B monopod, check out hv30.wordpress.com