Tripod or Monopod needed?

[RandyT]

better explain the lenses Im bringing...

35mm,18-55,55-300 all Nikon body is a D5100

Wildlife pics,glacier pics and some indoors on the ship
that help?

 

[David444]

Beanbag.

 

[IslandShooter]

Go with a monopod.

 

[Bmalt]

You didn't say anything about what kind of shooting you'll be doing, with a DSLR or point and shoot, or space limitations, so while a monopod may be easier to carry and "good enough" for snapshots, it's not as good as a tripod. A monopod won't allow you to shoot sharp photos any time a slower shutter is needed such as during early morning or evening when light is low and you need to use a small aperture, which happen to be pretty common conditions for making landscape photos.

I'm assuming by snapshots you mean photos with quick shutter speeds, and not poor photographs being that high-end professionals use monopods. And unless you are shooting 2 second exposures and higher, a monopod is more than enough.

Some pros might use monopods when a high shutter speed is possible, but a monopod is not sufficient to steady a camera anywhere near 2 seconds.

 

[Ballistics]

You didn't say anything about what kind of shooting you'll be doing, with a DSLR or point and shoot, or space limitations, so while a monopod may be easier to carry and "good enough" for snapshots, it's not as good as a tripod. A monopod won't allow you to shoot sharp photos any time a slower shutter is needed such as during early morning or evening when light is low and you need to use a small aperture, which happen to be pretty common conditions for making landscape photos.

I'm assuming by snapshots you mean photos with quick shutter speeds, and not poor photographs being that high-end professionals use monopods. And unless you are shooting 2 second exposures and higher, a monopod is more than enough.

Some pros might use monopods when a high shutter speed is possible, but a monopod is not sufficient to steady a camera anywhere near 2 seconds.

Anywhere near? Are we going to be ultra technical and split hairs? You can get good shots up to a second exposure on a monopod. That seems pretty close to 2 seconds.