Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with Tina. I've never been forced to eat my beanbag, but it does fit nicely in strange places--on a windshield, in a window frame (car or castle), the fork of a tree, top of fence post, seatback in an airplane.... It does lack the cool gizmo factor, but I suppose you could make it cooler and more attention getting with designer fabric. My beanbag has never scratched the finish on anny of my equipent either. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Aug 8, 2005, at 8:01 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:58:44 -0400 > From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> > Subject: Re: Ultra Pod II - Re: [Leica] Best "table top" tripod? > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050808195532.05dd2258@mail.rhtc.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii > > At 07:49 PM 8/8/2005, you wrote: > >> What do the experts think of bean bags: I keep meaning to "make" >> one. One of my reasons would be to keep the camera's paint work >> "safe" hell even my X-Pan still looks great ;-) >> > > Bean bags are great! And you can take them on trips with you, empty > and weightless, and fill them up with beans when you get where you > are going. In a pinch, you could cook the beans and eat them. I'm > all in favor of bean bags. Zip lock bags work fine, but you can also > make your own cloth bags with velcro at the top. Just leave them > about half empty to be more flexible. I've often grabbed a handful > of beans and wrapped them in a Domke wrap for a makeshift bean > bag. Works great! Better than tabletop tripods. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com >