Re: [Leica] Useful (spouse)ipod ?

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Buzz-
I would agree wholeheartedly, except mine has cold feet in the Winter....of
course, a Tiltall is pretty chilly all over.
Dan
- - Someday we'll all look back on this... and plow into a parked car!
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Useful (spouse)ipod ?


> Combining the tripod and "women" threads, the best portable camera support
I
> have ever found is my wife, who stands a mere but provident five foot
> naught.  Self propelled, stable, easy to position, camera goes on and off
> support in an instant, photographer can hide behind support for
discretion.
> Other benefits too numerous to mention and way off-topic.  No kidding,
> though, a partner's head or shoulder can make a marvelous camera support
in
> the field.
>
> Buzz Hausner
>
>
> For the life of me, I've never been able to figure out what
> the point of
> the Leica tripod was! Rigid, yes, but not too versatile. I
> believe
> Manfrotto makes something similar, and Edmund Scientific
> offers
> something too, though they sell it as a laser positioning
> unit or
> something of the sort. Me, I'd rather have an itty-bitty
> Gitzo 026.
>
> Jeff
>
>