[Leica] When it rains, it pours..

[John McMaster]

There is the difference ;-) Almost any heavy tripod would be best in a car, but I prefer CF for walking any distance with a tripod!

john

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I think carbon fiber tripods are fairly delicate. I have an aluminum Manfrotto tripod that I bought new when I was 15 years old that has bounced around in the trunk of every car I have owned since I was 16. I am
41 now, and that old tripod has lots of scuffs and scratches but it functions perfectly, despite 26 years of hard use. I still use it every day. I don¹t think a CF tripod would have survived it all, and they¹re so damned expensive!

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On 10/29/16, 4:59 AM, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man"
<lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of 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.
>
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