Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thomas Kachadurian wrote: > > Luggers: > > I have used the Bogen/Manfrotto Carbon One Tripod for about 6 months. > With a Arca-Swiss B1 ball head it is light and very quick to use. I > have 4 tripods, and the other three have sat unused since I bought > the Carbon One. > > Tom > By the way if you want your 4 pound Gitzo to be one pound lighter which is what the carbon does there is a cheap and dirty way to do it. Replace the telescoping center post with a short or non post. This takes a pound off the tripod. And you don't want to raise the centerpost anyway except for dire emergencies IMO. The camera is so much studier ON the platform. Mark William Rabiner