kind of the opposite here. People are happy enough to wave a phone camera around. I'm more likely to see a camera on a public holiday or long weekend. Last easter i saw one of those harness rigs with a camera hanging of the front of it at local drag strip. The most action we see is the various car club and bike clubs coming out for the weekend. That's when your more likely to see cameras, when the tourists are in town.
No idea where that poll i started went too, maybe the eithernet🙄
On the e-m1 front, i'm messing around with a painters pole as a substitute monopod at the moment. As i move away from from hand held, i figure the painters pole will at least stop the up / down side of things. Considering adding a strap to limit forward / side to side movement but i'll see how it goes first. Being a painters pole it extends to 8 feet or so and doesn't seem to have much flex in it.
This thing is pretty rigid. There's a couple of camera "tube" claps at the top. The bolts look offset and they are, By a stroke of good luck the plate center ends up being center of the pole which should help with the balance. There's a simple L shaped cheese plate at the top. I can get the e-m1 rigged up to it however i doubt it will the the same mount thats on the tripod. I can look into making them the same, after i play with it for a bit.
I also bought a prop, I have a couple of ideas to try.
Its been pretty light on fuel ... the cap was on so tight and the pair of pliers i have were to small to fit around the cap. I had to buy a pair of multigrips to loosen it. I have some more thoughts on the em-1 in the "studio" as i have spent more time with it, however i need to go pump water for the garden and the chooks before it gets dark. Otherwise have a good weekend.