Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> SNIP <Lets face it, tripods are useless in helicopters> snip-------- You're entitled to your point of view and I'm entitled to mine <<<< Meaning, you'll damn well take your tripod in a helicopter if you feel like it?? A former boss of mine tells a fine story about photographing from a police chopper in restricted White House airspace, when the chopper was called to join a ground chase. It was cowboy flying, between office buildings and everything. He kept shooting the whole time, but he said it was all his assistant could do to reload the Hasselblad backs and still keep the equipment cases from pitching out into the blue. When they eventually landed, he was so zapped out on adrenaline he crumpled to the ground and couldn't stand up again for several minutes! Somehow I really don't think a tripod would have been exactly the right piece of gear...<vbg!> - --Mike