Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: >First, one of the locking mechanism on my CF tripod broke... no big deal, I >duct-taped it together.. >Then, another leg broke. As in, the carbon fiber leg section broke off... >sigh, so I superglued it and duct-taped it. Not sure if it will work. We >shall see. >The tripod lasted 7 years? With lots of hiking mileage. >Then my trusty 8 years old Olympus E-3, my only dSLR (ever!!!) becomes >inoperative once in a while. Sigh, I don't use it much, except for events >stuff, which I do may be 3-5 times a year... I can get another E-3 for $260 >on eBay, but too poor for now. >Ugh. ===================================================================== I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. Have to put in a word here for a tripod that probably few besides me have even heard of. I used this Safe-Lok tripod for 40 years on the job at the university, and when I retired, it was still working fine. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/SafeLok_Tripod_AMR.jpg.html > -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt