Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I couldn't help but recall the "Good Old Days" when Karl Heitz distributed Gitzo tripods and each tripod had a sticker that proclaimed "Guaranteed for Life and Reincarnations". Karl was quite a gentleman and usually showed up at camera stores with his tripods and one or two attractive female assistants. The tripods are still great, but I am sure the warranty is not so generous. Maurice On Apr 24, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Buy a Gitzo if you want to buy only 1 tripod. > >> Leo Wesson >> Photographer/Videographer >> 817.733.9157 >> www.leowesson.com > ===================================================================================================== > I only have experience with one Gitzo, the one at work. I don't know what > model it is, but I do know it has been unusable for a number of years. > The leg collars are either jammed so tight they can hardly be loosened, or > slip when they seem secured. Cleaning the threads in the collars didn't > help. And the three-way head always has about two degrees of play in it > side to side where it joins the legs, even with everything tightened down, > so that the composition never is stable. > > I gave up trying to use it. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Relations > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information The mind does not understand it's own reason for being. -- Rene' Magritte