Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Best monopod for wildlife photography
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue Jan 13 20:28:34 2009
References: <daaeb97e0901131722l7e0897f1gca6b921a021e3a9d@mail.gmail.com> <C592B0C5.4837E%mark@rabinergroup.com> <daaeb97e0901131947j4eeaa863qc044c2f53823314@mail.gmail.com>

Really Right Stuff = very nice stuff

a note: always screw the bolt down
a fall to hard serface with bolt loose
can (or will) lead to bending ;~(
(learn from my and other's mistakes)

Fond regards,
George

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On Jan 13, 2009, at 9:47 PM, James Laird wrote:

> So I need something like the B2-Pro clamp from Really Right Stuff?
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Mark Rabiner  
> <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>> You don't want that stupid quick release thing on the head.
>> The only quick release thing  you should ever do is Arca Swiss;
>> And their rip offs. Which are many and illustrious.
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: James Laird <digiratidoc@gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:22:44 -0600
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Best monopod for wildlife photography
>>>
>>> Thanks all for the great advice. B&H had a Manfrotto 681B kit  
>>> with the
>>> 234RC head with free shipping for $88.95 and I jumped on it. Sounded
>>> like a good deal to me. It should make my hunt for those elusive
>>> critters a little easier. Thanks again for the help.
>>>
>>> Jim Laird
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM,  <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The 560 has a rotation feature on the lens mount section, the  
>>>> same with the
>>>> 400 as the lens mount section is common to both lenses.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gene  -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone"
>>>> <red735i@earthlink.net>: --------------
>>>>
>>>> Doug... is there a way to rotate the mount on the 560 Televit  
>>>> lens?  ( I
>>>> don't
>>>>> seem to be able to find the method.....)
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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