Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:24 AM -0400 10/12/00, Steve Beyer wrote: >Hi Christer, > > I have found that the Arca style quick release system has worked great. >Send for a catalog from Really Right Stuff for a superb plate made for Leica >M's. The web page is www.reallyrightstuff.com. > >Steve > >> From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net> >> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:07:32 +0200 >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: [Leica] tripod quick release (was Erwin, photographic technique) >> >> >>> >>> 6) When the great decisive moment happens while I'm out photographing the >>> landscape, I can switch to photojournalistic mode with the flip of a >>>tripod >>> quick-release! >>> >> >> >> Gary, please let us know what to look for when getting a tripod quick >> release for the M6. >> Which brand do you use, and why? >> >> Chris The Arca style stuff works fine. The problem is, that for an M it is overkill. If you have a MF SLR, or a big 35 with lenses up to 600/4, then it is eminently suitable, but to carry an Arca B-1 and the requisite plates around with a Leica seems an overweight and overbulk solution. I have a number of heavy, solid pieces to hold up various larger camera systems, but for the Leicas I use a Cullman head that weighs 1/5 that of the Arca, and a small Manfrotto QR system that has plates that I can grind down so that it is no larger than the area that contacts my cameras. That, and a Gitzo 1228 tripod are well matched in carrying and stabilizing capacity. The Arca system would add a number of pounds and subtract a lot of money. But if you have a Pentax 67 with a 400 lens....:-).... * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com