Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last tripod I got was my first Resin Gitzo which I got here in person in NY a couple of years ago. Despite the weight it inspires confidence. Not having to handle cold hard metal is a bigger boom than you'd think. But there is nothing like a huge heavy tripod under your 35mm camera when you're working fast. You don't feel like anytime you do something to the camera you have to wait several seconds before you hit the cable release to let the thing calm down. And you also feel like you can just release the shutter release without the cable release. My biggest metal Gitzo has been in storage and I may get it next May when I go back to Portland from whence I came.. By the way anybody doing commercial photography for 30 years is going to have a nice assortment of tripods to choose from. Some go unused for many years. Only to have a resurgence in your work again. With my first business loan when I got my Balcars and Hasselblads I got my first Gitzo tripod a Reporter with a crank. I got messed up when I was coming down from Pittock mansion on a shoot one Halloween night and I slid out on my Vespa on some wet leaves. I had it rebuilt by Gitzo a few years ago. Cost me more than a hundred dollars. And no crank. (Cremaillere) Its a middle of the road general purpose best selling Gitzo of that era. I found it very handing so have something lighter on occasion and heavier of course for large format sheet film. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:51:31 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tripods > > Mark, agree wholeheartedly; my Gitzo CF is the best tripod I've ever > owned. It > feels as heavy as three whiffleball bats (ok, I exaggerate, but only > mildly) > but is as sturdy as the big metal jobs. > > -rei > > Ridgewood, NJ > via iPhone > > On Apr 24, 2012, at 5:29 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> I got all my Gitzo 's in person but I ordered a Reis wood tripod from >> Seattle on the phone from the guy who builds them. >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >>> From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:11:02 +1200 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tripods >>> >>> So have you tried an eBay buy one and trade it in? Or is it bin it and >>> buy >>> another try one?? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> >>>> Another way to do it is to buy it and if it doesn't feel right then get >>> another one. Or as is done now TRADE it in for another one. >>> >>> So eBay or trash it? >>> >>>> Me I have a dozen tripods and heads give or take The tripod I got for my >>> 4x5 I don't use for my 4x5. >>> >>> Some of us do not go in for American excess..... >>> >>> John - NZ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information