Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: Tony Chang <stchang@ivnet.com.tw> >Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:49:44 +0800 >Subject: Re: [Leica] Tripod > >At 03:24 PM 1998/9/25 +0100, Wood, Darrell (London) wrote: >>At the moment I use a Gitzo compact performance reporter. I need a lighter >>tripod to travel & climb with. >>I am considering purchasing a Gitz carbon fibre tripod and a Arcaswiss B2 >>head. What are peoples views. Is there a better combination & can the >>price of =A3650 (approx) be justified. >I am too new to this forum to speak about my experience about tripod and Leica M6; but I can tell you that B2 is something like 1700g, you have to add the weight of your tripod in carbon about 1200g if it is a serie 3 mountaineer. B2 is too heavy if you are travelling. I have been using a B1, about 660 g with a Gitzo serie 4 about 3000g, with a Nikon F4 and a 500mm AF, belive me B1 is largely sufficient, and the backpack is still too heavy to carry. of you really want carbon for the weight, what is the weight of your camera and lens, below 6kg, choice Mountaineer serie 2, if your camera is over or near 6 kg, choice serie 3 mountaineer, but in the two cases , for me B1 is enought; Next you have to known that sometime when it is very cold below zeo, your buttom on the B1 where you have the choice between 1 and 10 for knob friction, can lock. The only way to try at that time to unlock is by going a little more to far, and the knob friction is free again. Pierre-Jean