Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Recomemdations for M6 Camera Tripod
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:42:36 -0700

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> 
> > I am in need  of a new tripod for the M Camera. I would like to know the
> > "minimum" sized tripod that can be recommended for a M camera.
> 
> Well, I have the other side of the coin. I have a nice sturdy Bogen 3122
> with Manfrotto ball head that weighs a ton, doesn't collapse much, and
> places a 35mm camera at eye level just barely higher than my eye without
> extending the column.><Snip> 
> I don't believe in lightweight tripods. If I'm going to carry the bloody
> thing, I want it to work. ><Snip> 
My point exactly! I agree with Godfrey (who has the best website you will ever
see) on this one too!
Mark Rabiner