Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess I can't let the Tripod thread go by with putting it my two cents. I think Bogen's are more than adequate classic Italian design but the moment I first saw a Gitzo it was love at first sight. I have four of them. My angle here is the tripods I bought for 35 and the ones I got for brownie have switched. The lighter weight ones are not really tall enough for eye level use and when they are extended to full range they are not sturdy enough. The heavier tripods I got for my heavier Medium format cameras are overkill at waist level height, I can use the light weight tripods for that. The heavier tripods are also taller and support the eye level demands of my 35s as well as when I almost never use the heavy prisms on the blad or rolleiflex. And I'm not even talking telephoto. Isn't that Ironic? Some of the newer heavier Gitso's have things which stick out which make them easier to twist. Mine doesn't so I was able to get it for cheap. I put some white Lithium grease in the twist mechanism to keep them at one with the universe. Mark :-) Rabiner