Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To Joe B / azurite-uk provider - sorry group, sorry Joe, I don't have your e-mail filed... I use a Vivitar 928 with great success. I don't think Vivitar markets in the UK, however. The thing is quite light weight, all things considered. The legs extend 3 fold via twisty-turny knurled retainers and everything is very streamlined. It has an excellent head on it - not a ball type head but darned good and flips for vertical to horizontal in a flash and stays put! Joe, I don't know how you carry a tripod - I know you said it was difficult for some health problems - but this thing isn't very heavy. I tote it in a long, zippered canvas case - made specifically for medium size tripods - that has a shoulder strap on it....to make it so comfortable and easy even if it was some 15 kilo behemoth. I can just grab this thing and sling it over my shoulder, leaving both hands free for the rest of the gear I might need. I don't know what else to suggest. I'll look for a mfr's name but the Vivitar label - a US based marketing company only - is the only information on it. BTW, it's a nice durable black finish and has been a real pleasure to use. Never had a single problem with legs not staying locked in place, head not staying in position, etc., etc., I've used this thing on every camera such as the tiny Leica to my Mamiya 645 - mirror locked up - and it's pretty darned steady. It also has twisty feet on it that allow you to select pointed spikes OR rubber pads in case you're on a decorative surface and not something such as ice. I have no weight figures but I'm guessing abt 4 kg or so. The cat weighs 11 kg and it's certainly not THAT heavy!!! Regards, Tom Hodge On Wed, 22 May 1996, Glenn Wm. Thrall wrote: > Subject: Lighter tripods (and very light tripods) > > Responses along the lines of "Personally I always carry a heavy brass > Gitzo Killer-Brute tripod with 5" solid granite ball head" will not be > considered helpful! Any opinions? > - -- > joe b. > > ------------------ > > Joe, > > I have one of those things, however I'm also 6'3 and 220. I also find I > most often use it for a heavy Nikon. I usually use a lightweight > aluminum monopod purchased well over twenty years ago (1972?) for a > light Rollei SLR. It works just as well with the M6 and I always have > it with the camera. I guess I'm not dedicated, but the "Killer-Brute" > isn't always the best option for me and it often sits unused. > > Glenn > > gthrall@ix.netcom.com > >