Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You do not have to extend the center post - but if you do extend it to or near the maximum, it is indeed quite prone to vibration. Curiously I have not found this to be a problem in macro photography where the center post is tilted but with long teles and center post extended straight up. Oh well - luckily I am not that tall. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 25. toukokuuta 2000 0:19 Aihe: [Leica] Re: Benbo Tripods >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. >