Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:27 PM 3/8/2008, you wrote: >Think protection first, light monopod second! There maybe a day you'll be >very glad you did it my way! > >ted Amen! I used my heavy steel Gitzo for protection in back alleys in Guatemala City. Nobody ever bothered me even with all of my expensive cameras hanging from my neck and shoulders. A mugger did get the woman walking next to me and managed to steal her medic alert necklace and give her a compound fracture of the finger when he tried to get her wedding ring off. I screamed and swung at him with the monopod and he ran. Bystanders chased and caught him. Don't walk in back alleys without a sturdy monopod! Tina Tina Manley http://leicatraveler.blogspot.com/ www.tinamanley.com