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Subject: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:07:47 -0500
References: <CA9EF51C.14B6A%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Does it have one of the standard camera tripod screw threads?  Some of those 
Geo rigs are massive.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...


> I'm more impressed by someone's choice of tripod then I am choice of 
> camera
> body or car. I'm not impressed by a "choice" camera on a half assed 
> tripod.
> I'd rater have the opposite set up.
> A camera like a Leica deserves a quality tripod. If not a carbon Gitzo a
> Carbon Manfrotto. There are cheaper carbon tripods by other companies such
> as Giottos might be ok in a pinch. Another option might be a wood tripod
> maybe by Berlebach or others. Pinocchio's dad maybe makes one.
>
> One tripod brand I'd not heard of before in that game:
> Leica Geosystems - GST05 Telescopic Wooden Tripod 399244
> $220 online
>
> "( Light tripod with water-tight plastic wrap for complete protection.
> Suitable for GPS and target stations with long set-up periods. Packaged
> length 107 cm (3.51ft), extendible to 176 cm (5.77ft), weight 5.6 kg
> (12.3lb).)"
>
> I just bet you could use it for photography
>
>
> -- 
> Mark R.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>
>
>
>> From: Marc Thomas <marc at cs.york.ac.uk>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:18:16 +0100
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Which car to buy...
>>
>> Neither, a Lotus Exige (the top comes off with a screwdriver) and the
>> cameras in the car with me, if they are in the boot they are not
>> cameras, they are luggage!
>> As for a carbon fibre tripod...I'll stick with my knackered old Benbo.
>> Toyora Rav 4 !?!?!?, short wheelbase Land Rover series II soft top, pure
>> and simple (just like me!) nevermind lasting ANOTHER ten years they
>> already have lasted 50 years! and you can fix everything on it without a
>> computer..just various sizes of hammer.
>>
>> Marc
>> On 20/09/2011 08:54, Richard Man wrote:
>>> So imagine you have a budget of $12K-$17K for a used car, probably 
>>> around
>>> 2004-2007 vintage.
>>>
>>> Imagine a quick, responsive, air in your hair driving experience of a 
>>> Mazda
>>> Miata, taking confident turns on the Route One highway along the coast. 
>>> Your
>>> trust Leica and XPan in the truck with a carbon fiber tripod.
>>>
>>> It may not do so well in Death Valley? Or may be the dusty desert of the
>>> Southwest?
>>>
>>> Then imagine a reliable, carry everything and anything Toyota Rav4. 
>>> Small
>>> for a SUV and drive like a car, and it's a Toyota, it will last another 
>>> 10
>>> years, easily.
>>>
>>> What would you choose?
>>>
>>
>>
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