Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:06:00 -0400

This looks light a light wood non pricey tripod make by Leica. Leica
Geosystems. Which is not Leica as we know it but it still gets a red dot!
-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/



> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:07:47 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
> 
> Does it have one of the standard camera tripod screw threads?  Some of 
> those
> Geo rigs are massive.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
> 
> 
>> I'm more impressed by someone's choice of tripod then I am choice of
>> camera
>> body or car. I'm not impressed by a "choice" camera on a half assed
>> tripod.
>> I'd rater have the opposite set up.
>> A camera like a Leica deserves a quality tripod. If not a carbon Gitzo a
>> Carbon Manfrotto. There are cheaper carbon tripods by other companies such
>> as Giottos might be ok in a pinch. Another option might be a wood tripod
>> maybe by Berlebach or others. Pinocchio's dad maybe makes one.
>> 
>> One tripod brand I'd not heard of before in that game:
>> Leica Geosystems - GST05 Telescopic Wooden Tripod 399244
>> $220 online
>> 
>> "( Light tripod with water-tight plastic wrap for complete protection.
>> Suitable for GPS and target stations with long set-up periods. Packaged
>> length 107 cm (3.51ft), extendible to 176 cm (5.77ft), weight 5.6 kg
>> (12.3lb).)"
>> 
>> I just bet you could use it for photography
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark R.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Marc Thomas <marc at cs.york.ac.uk>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:18:16 +0100
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
>>> 
>>> Neither, a Lotus Exige (the top comes off with a screwdriver) and the
>>> cameras in the car with me, if they are in the boot they are not
>>> cameras, they are luggage!
>>> As for a carbon fibre tripod...I'll stick with my knackered old Benbo.
>>> Toyora Rav 4 !?!?!?, short wheelbase Land Rover series II soft top, pure
>>> and simple (just like me!) nevermind lasting ANOTHER ten years they
>>> already have lasted 50 years! and you can fix everything on it without a
>>> computer..just various sizes of hammer.
>>> 
>>> Marc
>>> On 20/09/2011 08:54, Richard Man wrote:
>>>> So imagine you have a budget of $12K-$17K for a used car, probably
>>>> around
>>>> 2004-2007 vintage.
>>>> 
>>>> Imagine a quick, responsive, air in your hair driving experience of a
>>>> Mazda
>>>> Miata, taking confident turns on the Route One highway along the coast.
>>>> Your
>>>> trust Leica and XPan in the truck with a carbon fiber tripod.
>>>> 
>>>> It may not do so well in Death Valley? Or may be the dusty desert of the
>>>> Southwest?
>>>> 
>>>> Then imagine a reliable, carry everything and anything Toyota Rav4.
>>>> Small
>>>> for a SUV and drive like a car, and it's a Toyota, it will last another
>>>> 10
>>>> years, easily.
>>>> 
>>>> What would you choose?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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