Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank I am an ARCA Swiss B1 believer so I don't have any info but to answer your why cant an engineer question, Gitzo has come up with lighter heads made out of magnesium. Here is a quote from B&H web page. "Gitzo introduced Magnesium heads to the photographic industry, which offer the advantage of being up to 20% lighter - and make perfect partners to Gitzo Carbon tripods." > Now the rant..... if you can knock 3 pounds off the weight of a tripod set > of legs using carbon fiber, why can't some intelligent engineer make a > similar reduction in the weight of a tripod head? The things are made from > steel. A change to aluminum would seem better, and titanium, better yet! > Rant over. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > >