What is a camera "tripod"?

What is a camera "tripod"?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What factors should I consider when choosing a tripod for my digital camera?; How do camera monopods differ? and more...

Tripods are used for a number of different reasons. The primary use for a tripod for most digital cameras is simply a device to allow you to get in your own picture. To use the self time and run around. So Mom or Dad, the picture taker in the family, can be in the family portrait. That's what most people use a tripod for.A tripod for more serious photographers allows us to shoot at slower shutter speeds, to get better quality pictures, to do better composition and get better framing. Now, you have to realize that tripods come in any size, any price and any quality. It just depends on what you want to do with your tripod.