Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i like a variety of tripods. my smallest gitzo is a 026 "weekend" with a ballhead the size of a marble that i used to use for traveling. i took it on my honeymoon in AZ. it was light and nicely made (typically gorgeous gitzo hammertone) but compared with the reporter, the extended legs felt like your average non-motorized car aerial. (ok that's a cruel exaggeration). for the minolta CLE i used to use back then or the contax T, with self-timer, it was perfect. but i don't think i'd try to put an M with noctilux on it. -rei On 08/11/2010 06:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Perhaps in the end if we continuum to develop in our seriousness of our > photography the thought on tripod use is that it's not singular but plural. > We don't have A TRIPOD. But inevitably we have a few of them. Some light. > Some heavy. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Sonny Carter<sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:13:51 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] An M on a tripod in a clothing ad >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Mark Rabiner<mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I used to think using a camera on a tripod with no cable release with >>> your >>> hands on the camera itself was one of the worst dumb things you could >>> do. A >>> basic broken rule. Now I do it myself. Just proves the old adage. >>> Things Change. >>> >> Maybe you have chosen a tripod that is stable enough to do that. >> >> When young and (more) foolish, I chose my tripod based on weight, because >> I >> did not like to carry a heavy one around. >> >> I still feel that way, but I know now that if you need a tripod, you need >> one that will not shake when you squeeze the button. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information