Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Carney showed: Subject: RE: [Leica] OT best light monopod ? Ted and Tina, There are perhaps more efficient solutions :) I want one! :) http://tinyurl.com/2lhqs9 Hi Ken, Touche mon ami! Seems like a very fine response piece or should we say in photo terms... "accessory!" :-) I wonder if they come with a major silencer as I do hate loud noises! :-) ted > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 2:34 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] OT best light monopod ? > > At 03:27 PM 3/8/2008, you wrote: > > >Think protection first, light monopod second! There maybe a day you'll be > >very glad you did it my way! > > > >ted > > > Amen! I used my heavy steel Gitzo for protection in back alleys in > Guatemala City. Nobody ever bothered me even with all of my > expensive cameras hanging from my neck and shoulders. A mugger did > get the woman walking next to me and managed to steal her medic alert > necklace and give her a compound fracture of the finger when he tried > to get her wedding ring off. I screamed and swung at him with the > monopod and he ran. Bystanders chased and caught him. > > Don't walk in back alleys without a sturdy monopod! > > Tina > > > Tina Manley > http://leicatraveler.blogspot.com/ > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1319 - Release Date: 3/8/2008 10:14 AM