Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem with tripods is that the vibration "moment arm" is the post that the tripod head/camera is mounted on. Most folks never raise the center post so that the head and platform is resting securely on the platform atop the legs. The only residual vibration you will get is from the legs themselves. And if you use a carbon fiber tripod, these vibrations are dampened out very quickly. Basically the best possible solution. A Benbo tripod always has the camera sitting "out on a limb" so to speak. The "center post" is always extended, the camera is hanging out there, and vibrations are inherent. There is no way of dampening them. This will not cause a problem with an M camera, Hasselblad C camera (using MLU), or even a 4x5 with a leaf shutter. But it sure raises hell with SLR camera exposures, especially if they do not have MLU. This is one reason that Benbo tripods are not popular with the "pro" nature photo folks. Except for, of course, Heather Angel. But she uses a Hasselblad with C lenses and MLU 99% of the time. Jim >cec@vbe.com wrote: >> >> I use a tripod for my M6 and viso iii with bellows for micro photography in >> flowers. >> I am looking for a better tripod that can get into a lot of places at >> various heights. Does anyone have experience with Benbo, especially the xl2? >> >> Thanks, >> Chuck >> >> -- >> The Reverend Charles E. Cason, Jr. >> Rector (Retired) >> Trinity Episcopal Church >> 1805 Arlington Drive >> Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904 USA > At 11:29 AM 5/24/00 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote: >My gosh! I thought i read you were looking for a bamboo tripod! >Mark Rabiner >How dumb would that really be? >I just read some weird thing about the more you secure something the more it >vibrates (at higher frequencies) for longer. >An enlarger in this case.