Agree with Ralph and others. Agree and disagree with Ken-I'm-an-opinionated-weenie-Rockwell. On walkaround outings where I'm bringing my camera, I usually don't bring a tripod. When I'm going out to take pictures, I do.


Took the two shots below on a trip to San Francisco last week, the one on the left (at Yerba Buena Gardens) was handheld, the one on the right(from my hotel room about 5 miles from Sutro tower)was tripod-mounted. Clearly, the one on the right would not have been possible without a tripod.


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