On 12/17/2013 11:07 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> No, no! It's not all about the weight and cost. It's about vibration
>> resistance.
> Two reasons to pay the premium for CF. Weight and vibration resistance.
> CF is very stiff.
>
> Sacrifice weight and add wood to the mix. Berlebach and a couple
> others... you get a lot of tripod for the pesos. I've thought about the
> little tabletop Berelebach but just wouldn't use it enough. And the leg
> tightening screws put me off. I have a big wooden transit tripod which
> is much superior to the AL types. Especially in cold weather.
>
> Just found these
> <http://wooden-tripods.com/8023.html>
On 12/17/2013 12:48 PM, piers@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes, I too can vouch for the Manfrotto Neotec 458. It's stupidly simple and
> blindingly fast to set up. Bit heavy, sure, and (smirk) works very well
> with the 405 geared head (bought on-list from Scott Gardiner).
We're drifting off the original question. (Which is normal.) Chris asked about
a tripod to take walking.
Big and heavy don't really apply. I too have bigger, heavier, sturdier, low
vibration tripods, one with geared head
attached, but they aren't suited for carrying on a walk/hike. (Just sayin'.)
Task Master Moose
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