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>Do you make an effort to set the level completely horizontally?
No, not really, unless you're doing video. Tripods come with three-axis adjustment for that reason.

Yes, I've used the weight hook on windy days or, say, on an overpass with cars driving by.

Tripods are mostly for long exposures/low light/studio portrait/product shots/landscape photography, but I will say that using one can make you a more deliberate photographer just because they're such a pain in the ass. I have found that I slow down and really think about the composition and scene more when I'm using a tripod just because it's so fussy.

They are most essential for product, portraiture and landscape. If you don't do a lot of any of those, then you are going to spend $300 on something that you break out only every so often. On the other hand, I spent $300 on my tripod 22 years ago and it's still going great. Sort of a buy once cry once sort of thing.

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