Hi,
I've been quite inactive for the last few weeks, because I've got a hard
time trying to catch up the ever-growing number of digests coming in. A
short resume (up to digest #131) :
1) OM3-Ti in the Himalaya's : the 3-Ti looks better every day !
2) PvT : I appreciate info like "The new 180/f2s have arrived" but not
the "I've got this" stuff. But my impression is that it's more a
discussion about ignorance than about the commercial stuff. Paul seems
not too familiar with e-mail systems and Larry seems to go crazy about
anything Paul does, even if it's interesting info. Guys, cool down,
shake hands and go sleep a long night.
Now, my question : I'm planning to ask a tripod for my birthday (end of
March). The requirements : (1) it has to be *very* solid. The kind of
tripod that you handle and you think : "This is going to outlive me !"
(I'm going 26). (2) Preferably not over 5 kg. I know that, the heavier
a tripod is, the more stable it is too. But I'm planning to take it
with me when I'm going trekking this summer. (3) price tag : $100 to
$200. Or make a suggestion and give a good reason why this one is
really worth it's $500 :-)
I've heard about Manfrotto here and I've seen one (quite heavy) that
really seemed like a good tripod, but I don't know what I need, really.
Maybe in the future I'd like to use it for astrophotography (ev. with a
motor) too, so would I need a levelling instrument for that ? A round
one or 2 for north-south ? Or would this be built-in into the motor
system ?
Thank you.
--
Peter Leyssens
Eonic Systems
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