Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I got my real heavy Gitzo I got for 4x5 use I found it a boom for my 35mm photography much more so. It became my tripod of choice on the white backdrop for my Nikons, Leica's or Hasselblads. It just stood still. Change a lens or a back you don't have to look through to make sure it didn't move. It didn't. It was a Gitzo 320 Studex Performance a Series 3 which means it has a leg diameter of leg diameter 32mm or 1.25 inches. Seems like yesterday but it appears I've owned it for 21 years. The very heavy tripod options would seem to make the use of sandbags less important. I've never used them nor seen them in use. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:35:32 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] An M on a tripod in a clothing ad > > i like a variety of tripods. my smallest gitzo is a 026 "weekend" > with a ballhead the size of a marble that i used to use for traveling. > i took it on my honeymoon in AZ. it was light and nicely made > (typically gorgeous gitzo hammertone) but compared with the reporter, > the extended legs felt like your average non-motorized car aerial. (ok > that's a cruel exaggeration). for the minolta CLE i used to use back > then or the contax T, with self-timer, it was perfect. but i don't > think i'd try to put an M with noctilux on it. > > -rei > > > On 08/11/2010 06:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Perhaps in the end if we continuum to develop in our seriousness of our >> photography the thought on tripod use is that it's not singular but >> plural. >> We don't have A TRIPOD. But inevitably we have a few of them. Some light. >> Some heavy. >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >>> From: Sonny Carter<sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:13:51 -0500 >>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] An M on a tripod in a clothing ad >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Mark Rabiner<mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I used to think using a camera on a tripod with no cable release with >>>> your >>>> hands on the camera itself was one of the worst dumb things you could >>>> do. A >>>> basic broken rule. Now I do it myself. Just proves the old adage. >>>> Things Change. >>>> >>> Maybe you have chosen a tripod that is stable enough to do that. >>> >>> When young and (more) foolish, I chose my tripod based on weight, >>> because I >>> did not like to carry a heavy one around. >>> >>> I still feel that way, but I know now that if you need a tripod, you need >>> one that will not shake when you squeeze the button. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://www.sonc.com >>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information