Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just in case you want another option, consider the Velbon carbon fibre tripods. I have one with a Velbon magnesium ball head which is as light as a feather, and very strong. Very nice to carry about. Dan C. At 04:51 PM 15-11-00 -0800, Jim Brick wrote: >At 12:58 PM 11/15/00 -0500, Dan Post wrote: >>KOWA-BUNGA! >>I wonder, and I wonder- Why would anyone want to use a light weight tripod? >>I thought the whole idea of the tripod was to create a heavy, stable, not to >>shake rattle roll or quiver in the wind platform so that the image would be >>as sharp as possible? >>I miss my big ole clunky Star-D, looks like a Tiltall, heavier than dirt >>tripod for that reason! >> >>Dan ( I want something sturdy, heavy and dependable for as long as the wind >>blows, the water flows, the grass grows, and the sky is blue....) Post >> > >Turns out that both wood and carbon fiber are better than the venerable >heavy steel, step on a crack break your mothers back, tripod. They are >dampening to camera vibrations. Carbon fiber winning over wood. When that >ol' mirror slaps up there and the first curtain opens, the composite legs >absorb the vibrations rather than resonating and echoing them right back >into the camera before the shutter has time to close. 1/15, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, >1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 1/1 are the vulnerable deadly speeds. Especially with things >like Pentax 6x7 and the like. A fiery horse with a speed of light, A cloud >of dust, and a hearty "Hi-Yo, Silver," in rides the Carbon Fiber tripod. > >The TV/movie-documentary chaps and chappetts discovered this a few years >ago and have extolled their virtues ever since. Us still folks are slow to >catch the wave. > >Jim > >