Re: [Leica] RE: Ball- or 3 way-head

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

KOWA-BUNGA!
I wonder, and I wonder- Why would anyone want to use a light weight tripod?
I thought the whole idea of the tripod was to create a heavy, stable, not to
shake rattle roll or quiver in the wind platform so that the image would be
as sharp as possible?
I miss my big ole clunky Star-D, looks like a Tiltall, heavier than dirt
tripod for that reason!

Dan ( I want something sturdy, heavy and dependable for as long as the wind
blows, the water flows, the grass grows, and the sky is blue....) Post


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brick" <jim_brick@agilent.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: [Leica] RE: Ball- or 3 way-head


> At 08:18 AM 11/15/00 -0800, Frank Filippone wrote:
> >
> >Now the rant..... if you can knock 3 pounds off the weight of a tripod
set
> >of legs using carbon fiber, why can't some intelligent engineer make a
> >similar reduction in the weight of a tripod head?  The things are made
from
> >steel.  A change to aluminum would seem better, and titanium, better yet!
> >Rant over.
> >
> >Frank Filippone
>
> I use small and large Gitzo carbon fiber tripods. I also use the new Gitzo
> magnesium ball and three way pan heads.
>
> The 3 series large carbon tripod plus three way (G1371M) magnesium head
> weighs a pittance compared to the steel Gitzo of the same size and the
> steel three way and B1 heads that I used to use. B-I-G B-I-G difference!
My
> 4x5 Technikardan and Hasselblad are quite at home on this, and the lot is
> easy to carry to boot.
>
> My miniature Gitzo carbon fiber tripod fitted with the new Gitzo (G1377M)
> magnesium centre ball head, which I use with my M & R cameras, is really
> easy to carry and use. The Hasselblad works on this as well.
>
> I cannot conceive of using my 4x5 on a ball head. Talk about frustration!
>
> Jim
>