Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You would laugh at my solution to stabilizing my old Star-D when photographing birds. I used a nylon lanyard to hang a milk jug filled with water from the top of the tripod, placing the jug just above the ground. Worked like a charm. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] An M on a tripod in a clothing ad > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >