Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/10

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Subject: [Leica] Light portable tripods WAS Christmas Picture Contest
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Dec 10 22:39:24 2005

Thanks Michiel,

Basalt ... that's new to me. Do you think you could look it over and
write off any model names or product numbers? There's a shop in Oslo
with a fair amount of Gitzo stuff. Perhaps we have about the same
needs? You and your 6x9 Linhof ... :-)

Best,
Daniel

On 12/11/05, Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
> > Thanks for the attention you gave this Ted.
> >
> > This was a shot that caught me off-guard. I just happened to have my
> > camera with me (well, I always have my camera with me, it just
> > happened to be this lens and Neopan 1600 that day).
> >
> > I am seriously, and actively, looking for a tripod solution; one that
> > I can conk around with me without too much fuss, a little sturdy
> > carbon thing. Then it would have been possible to try some of your
> > solutions. Some of them crossed my mind at the time.
> >
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> A few weeks ago I bought a Gitzo made of basalt. Very sturdy, light
> weight and almost half the price of a carbon tripod.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michiel
>
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