Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think a Gitzo metal tripod made of aircraft aluminum has some kind of dangerous look to it. Remember the orignal "The Day of the Jackal " with Edward Fox he tries to get Charles de Gaulle with a gun hidden in tubing like that. Actually the tubing was the dissembled gun. Maybe they all saw that movie. It was made in 1973 though. Much less so plastic. I mean resin... Or carbon whatever. Which is what I mainly use now. You'd never guess it was worth more than the camera on top of it. And if you hit somebody over the head with it they'd barely know it. A Sunpak tripod made of cheap punched out folded over metal looks like a foolish toy. What the weapon is is the ability to do serious photography. Regardless of lighting conditions. Most any tripod will give you that. Me if I had 1000 dollars for a camera kit I'd spend: 400 on the tripod 300 on the lens 200 on the camera. That's the bottom line as to where I am at. -- Mark William Rabiner mark at rabinergroup.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal_(film) > From: "J. Newell" <john.o.newell at comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:42:07 +0000 (UTC) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA carry ones, tripods & light stands allowed? > > About half the time I'm told my tripod is a weapon and that I have to check > it.? This varies, very inconsistently, from airport to airport and day to > day.? You may get a similar reaction. John Newell ----- Original > Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica > Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:29:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA carry ones, tripods & light stands allowed? No > golf clubs are allowed as hand baggage on any flight worldwide. Even if you > buy a club in duty free in transit, it has to be checked in at the gate. > Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Mark Rabiner > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > As half of 45 is around 22 give or take a > few inches for thickness I'd guess > a skinny thing should go in there. > > I'd ask a golfer. > Or a hit man. > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 > 10:24:41 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: > Re: [Leica] TSA carry ons, tripods & light stands allowed? >> >>> >>> Hey > folks - normally I check my tripod bag, but now that they want $25 to >>> > check a bag, I just stuffed my clothes in my bag w/ my light stand and was > >>> planning on carrying it on. While there's nothing on the TSA website that > >>> says light stands / tripods are specifically permitted, there's nothing > that >>> says they're specifically forbidden either. Anybody have any > experience >>> either way recently? >> >> Delta says: >> >> Carry-on > Baggage Size Restrictions >> >> Baggage may not exceed 45 linear inches (or > 115 cm) in combined >> length, width, and height. >> Baggage must fit easily > in the Carry-on Baggage Check, which is >> located near the check-in counters > and at the gate and is >> approximately 22" x 14" x 9" or 56 x 36 x 23 > centimeters. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > 60 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information