Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 17:14 28/02/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, >A Leica dealer in Oslo recommended the Gitzo G026 Compact Performance for >use with the M6. >Anyone has any experience using this combination? >Tore I've got one of these. This is the kind of tripod that people who use the phrase "a good, solid tripod" could have bad dreams about. It is very light but very well made. If it is undisturbed by wind or vibration it will hold a camera such as the M perfectly still (using the term "perfectly" in its relative sense, of course) even at its wobbly tallest extension. This no longer applies in windy conditions! I tried it out with a 90mm lens photographing newsprint from several feet away at various shutter speeds and at its maximum extension and on examination of the slides with a 15x loupe, I concluded that this is a good tripod and it holds the camera still, in spite of its gravity-defying construction. It works with various other cameras very well also, like the Rollei 35s, folders and even some TLRs (I wouldn't try a C330 on it). I think anything weighing the same or less than a Rolleiflex, that doesn't have a moving mirror, would work well on this on a calm day, or indoors. I would avoid the correspondingly small Gitzo heads though- I currently use a Manfrotto mini ball on it. Joe Berenbaum