Acer,
You'll get more bang for the buck in a Bogen (Manfrotto) than a Gitzo. But
look around. I found a store with a Benbo that a customer special ordered,
then backed out of the deal. I got the Benbo for $140. It is great for
"field" as well as streets.
Some of the later models of Manfrotto's have better locking mechanisms than
earlier models. I got a 3401 (like the 3021) and think it's great.
It would be hard for me to choose between the Manfrotto or the Benbo, real
hard. I can tell you though that I traded a Gitzo Studex 3 Performance for
the Manfrotto and some other gear. The Studex was too much tripod since I
wasn't using 4x5 anymore. The Gitzo was great, but heavy. To be fair, the
Gitzo model I had isn't in the same class as the Bogen 3401,3021.
You also might take a look at the Slik 300, 500 & 700 tripods. Seem to me
to be a good product line. 500 looks to have really nice feature/price
ratio. 700 is similar to some Manfrotto 30xx products.
I've not mentioned tripods on this list when I've made my trips to Columbus
Camera and Midwest Photo, but both stores have quite a quantity of used
tripods. If you're not in a hurry, I can let you know what they have next
time I'm there.
Brian P. Huber
Troy, OH
bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Acer V
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:00 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] (long) whippersnapper needs legs and lightmeter
Re. tripod head: a chap at work who was bird-spotting for a project bought
a very nice black Bogen, and to my recollection (this is about year
old) it had a pan/tilt head on it fresh from the plastic wrapping in box.
Re. light meter: right now I'm leaning towards something like a Gossen
Weston types, with the needle-on-a-dial display, but that's just an
idea. For starters, while I still use OM most of the time, I'll get a
cheapo one to use when photoing with the Exa, and then once I have an idea
of what I need, upgrade from there. Caveats?
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