Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] OT best light monopod ?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat Mar 8 07:46:11 2008
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At 10:37 AM 3/8/2008, you wrote:

>Gitzo GM 5540   vs  3550... your thoughts?

They are coming out with newer, lighter, better ones all the 
time.  This one looks nice and fits in a small suitcase:

http://www.bogenimaging.us/Jahia/site/bius/cache/offonce/lang/en_US/pid/13298

If you don't need to worry about packing it, the Mountaineer would be great.


>how about a light compatible head...?

I like the smallest Gitzo ball head.  If you don't need to worry 
about supporting huge lenses, the smaller the head, the better.

Tina


Tina Manley
www.leicatraveler.blogspot.com
www.tinamanley.com
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