I read a blog post a while ago from a camera tripod company that was talking about this. Apparently a lot of people even sent in emails along the lines of "I d

I read a blog post a while ago from a camera tripod company that was talking about this. Apparently a lot of people even sent in emails along the lines of "I don't usually use a tripod, but I totally would if you sent me one for free". Of course, the post went on to say that they don't send them free tripods, because it would benefit nobody. The photography isn't going to magically start using a tripod because they got one for free, and the company wasn't going to get very good exposure from a photographer who has no experience shooting with a tripod.