[Leica] Casual tripod?

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

There is nothing that give you more confidence than a decent set of
sticks.

My beater set is a small Gitzo with a Really Right Stuff ball head with
clamp.  I have the corresponding M8 baseplate with built-in mating clamp
from Really Right Stuff.  The whole kit cost lots less than any one of my
Leica lenses.

I also have a Berlebach wooden tripod with a Manfrotto three way head.  I
don't use it too much, but when that sucker is set up, I look official.   I
wish I had a slightly more portable wooden tripod, but it actually weighs
about the same as a tilt-all with head.  Just more bulky.

When I was 16, I had my camera set up on a cheap tripod.  The forward leg
collapsed while I was posing this really cute girl, and smashed my lens.
That was the end of the photo shoot, and I had reacted so dramatically to
my busted gear, I think she figured me for such a photo geek that that was
the end of anything else too.

Moral:  Don't always use a tripod, but when you do, make sure it is a
secure one.  Practice safe support, always.


-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana








On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> I just noticed this. It was recommended on a site whose proprieter's name
> rhymes with Wren Cockwell.  Ball head and bubble level built in, made of
> aluminum. Does anyone have experience with this tripod?  For 35 bucks, it
> might be good for casual use--IF it isn't rickety.
>
> <http://www.adorama.com/DOAX620B100.html>
>
> I'm still using my mother's rickety old "Hollywood" tripod with skinny
> telescoping legs and a pan/tilt/elevator head. Every time I use it, which
> isn't often, I swear I'm going to get something else one of these days.
> And I've got a nice carbon fiber monopod, which I almost never use.
>
> --Peter
>
>
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