Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Khoffberg wrote: > > I just today saw carbon fibre tripods at my local photo store with Mamiya > scribed on the side. I'm a gitzo pig so I didn't feel like I had to have > one but they looked reasonably well made and were significantly less > expensive than the gitzo. Used a similar type of locking system though the > locking system appeared to be made out of plastic. > > Cheers > Kevin Hoffberg Not plastic, Plastique! This is the Stealth Tripod!! How much lighter is it my percent I'd like to know? Seems to me to be 25%. I'm fairly content with my regular Gitzo's for now. Maybe I could use the same stuff I used to make my darkroom sink, mix in some graphite which I already have and use my existing legs as molds! Mark :-) Rabiner