Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick writes: > Over the years, and many many tripods later, I have personally found > that > the Gitzo 1228 Carbon Fiber Tripod is the most sturdy and easiest to use > small tripod I have ever owned. I also use the Gitzo Tripod carrying > strap > (087B) to carry the tripod over my shoulder. Very lightweight, easy to > carry, never in the way, always ready to use. I carried this over my > shoulder, for the month of September 98, throughout Europe. It was > great. I've just bought a Velbon 6400. Magnesium alloy and carbon fibre (that's fiber to our transatlantic chums) like the Gitzo, similar specification otherwise, but about half the price. See http://www.velbon.com/car-640.html David Morton | "Times are bad. Children no dmorton@journalist.co.uk | longer obey their parents and David.Morton@openconsulting.co.uk | everyone is writing a book." (+44) 171 917 6272 | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)