Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This can be studied quite scientifically in the following fashion: Place the tripod on a road. Mount a laser on the tripod and point it at a target one mile away. Spot through a scope and measure the oscillation of the laser on the remote target. In fact, Wild/Leica Geosystems sells such a device for this experiment. Wild/Leica also sells a reference tripod made of ash for this experiment :-) Jonathan Borden Martin Howard wrote: > > > Mike Johnston wrote: > > > > This is one of those "photographic myths" that just won't seem to die. > > Like "fixer is heavier than water and sinks to the bottom of the > > washer," etc. It derives from the fact that traditional surveyor's > > tripods are made from wood. There is no truth to the myth. > > > > Can you point to any studies on the matter? Intuitively, I feel > that solid > wooden tripod legs ought to be less transmissive of vibration than tubular > steel, but I have yet to see any scientific treatment of the subject. I > figure that a few tripods and a few accelerometers should be able to solve > the issue. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | "Very funny Scotty. Now beam down > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | my clothes..." > email: howard.390@osu.edu | > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- >