oftheherd
Veteran
I've taken many a great shots at dusk and even dark with nothing but the self timer, mostly on my Leica's. Set your camera on a fence post, stone wall, even a big rock and use the self timer. Sometimes you need to hold unto the camera to keep it from falling off a natural support but just apply firm pressure downward. No I don't use it all time and no I don't use it with a tripod (who carries a tripod with a 35mm film camera).
When I still took a lot of photos, I used to carry on quite often. There were times when I wanted a shot I could only get with the tripod I carried. It had a column that could be rotated from vertical to 90 degrees as well as up and down. With those movements I could get just about any shot I wanted. But I didn't use it on a constant basis.
When in Korea I also felt comfortable carrying a tripod as a possible weapon to protect myself and my gear from theft. There were people who were thought to be such good at stealing that they could steal a radio and leave the music. 😀