Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] Wooden tripods
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Sun Oct 28 08:26:45 2007
References: <002901c81902$b8505300$8201a8c0@xyw><05958941-650F-45A6-B2DF-DFA4E07E1E84@gmail.com> <01fe01c81968$6c419670$44c4c350$@net>

Actually, I was curious about the vibration and damping characteristics of 
wood tripods as compared to similarly sized Carbon Fiber or Aluminium 
models.

A kilo here or there, is not all that important.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, 28 October, 2007 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Wooden tripods


>I suspect the desire to go either wood or CF is driven by weight.  What I
> have found is that you can substantially reduce the weight of your current
> tripod by  the correct choice of tripod head, without the big price of the
> CF legs....  Heads weigh as much as the legs, in many cases.
>
> Look at the Manfrotto 3275 / Bogen 410 model for an example.... more than
> sufficient for 35mm.....  Used a lot by 4x5 guys.  You could move down in
> features a step to the ball heads, more than sufficient for a Leica.... 
> etc.
>
> BTW, I went looking for a traveling tripod recently.... something to fit
> inside a carry on suitcase, suitable for Hasselblad or Leica.  After a lot
> of looking, the Gitzo 1228 won out.  The funny part is that I already 
> owned
> a 1228, and thus all my research just reaffirmed my old decision.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net


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