Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] speed of leica lenses & shutter speed
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:23:37 -0800

It was definitely a pain to spend almost $600 on a tripod, but the weight
difference is worth it.

At 03:48 PM 1/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>My first and only tripod, a heavy OLD Bogen, finally gave out yesterday!
>That gave me an undisputable reason to buy the Gitzo Mountaineer 1228
>without getting into a fight with my wife!  :-)
>
>We both had been eyeing this lightweight beauty on the rack in the shop for
>many
>months.  I think I'll be carrying a tripod a LOT more now.....
><<<<<<<<<<
>
>Yes, you will. After years of leaving a big, heavy (but quite good) Bogen
>in the closet most of the time, I bought the 1228 Mountaineer and an
>Arca-Swiss B-1 ball head about a year and a half ago. Expensive -- and
>painful to spend that much on a tripod at the time -- but one of the best
>photographic investmenst I've made. What a difference in weight and ease!
>I've taken more shots with a tripod in the last 18 months than I have the
>rest of my life combined.
>
>Larry
> 


Francesco Sanfilippo,
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