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Subject: [Leica] OT : Tripod recomendations
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:43:50 -0400
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it's always inside its genuine leather gitzo bag.  :-)

it did suffer some scars on one leg when i took it to england in 1988.  
the english were not such francophiles as i might have been.

-rei


On 08/09/2010 02:39 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> wow
> appears to be unused
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>
>> My very first Gitzo was a Reporter.  I had to take a picture of it 
>> because I knew you guys would appreciate this:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/techie/L1060012.JPG.html
>>
>> This is the way it came from the factory!  I think it was some sort 
>> of commemoration.  It was on the cover of Modern Photography back in 
>> the second half of the 80s, and as an impressionable newbie I knew in 
>> my heart I had to have it!
>>
>> It's ever the great tripod, but the 1228 is half the weight and all 
>> of the stiffness, so the tricolor sits in its case, being pretty.
>>
>> -rei
>>
>>
>> On 08/09/2010 01:03 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>> I have that one. Love the rigidity, weight and size ratio.
>>> I traded a 5x7 and 8x10 Elwood enlarger
>>> for a brand new one with a head
>>> 30 + years ago.
>>>
>>> But wish it was the one with the leg angle adjustment.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here's a real bargain if you could get it:
>>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Gitzo-Gilux-Reporter-tripod-/130417004217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_500wt_1156
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/Gitzo-Gilux-Reporter-tripod-/130417004217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_500wt_1156>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:30 AM, charcot<charcot at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry - I know this topic comes up all the time because many of us 
>>>>> don't
>>>>> pay attention to stuff we don't need at the time.  Well my wife 
>>>>> broke my
>>>>> tripod on our wedding day ( stop your snickering) she didn't tell 
>>>>> me about
>>>>> until yesterday when I needed it.  She thought the fact that the 
>>>>> single
>>>>> piece tripod now had two pieces was self-explanatory :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking for light weight , easy to use - doesn't need to hold more 
>>>>> than an
>>>>> M8.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would prefer an all in one rather than having to buy tripod and 
>>>>> then a
>>>>> separate ball head.
>>>>>
>>>>> ernie nitka
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
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