opposed from just using the quick release
It's a very old tripod - it has no quick release that I'm aware of and I am capable of doing the lock-screw underneath up VERY tight!
I have a further section from where I had the camera on the roof, which is where it ran out of card space.
FWIW I started it shooting at before 9AM and it ran until mid-day on the first battery. The second was fine after filling up the second card.
Must remember to check there's not 1 1/2 Gig of photos in another folder on the card next time - an error of school-boy proportions!
