Carbon tubing is easy to reglue using an appropriate epoxy. No big deal.
Carbon tubing is easy to reglue using an appropriate epoxy. No big deal.
"Walking around" urban shooting—not hiking off? Whatever your final kit, consider a set of heavy duty luggage wheels. You will be able to bring along amenities like clothing,food and water . . .maybe a folding stool to sit on (or stand on).
Drew Bedo
www.quietlightphoto.com
http://www.artsyhome.com/author/drew-bedo
There are only three types of mounting flanges; too big, too small and wrong thread!
Years ago I bought a 3 section CF Gitzo. I really wish I had got the 4 section version. The smaller collapsed size would be enjoyed. I haven't had the same tripod in both 3 and 4 section versions so my impressions aren't scientific but I haven't felt my 4 section tripod has lost rigidity due to the 4th section. I doubt that any significant torsional rigidity is lost by going to 4 sections: the bending force should be greatest near the head. Think of a lever. The force far from the load is small compared to next to the load.
Didn't he ask about 4 leg vs. 3 leg. I have yet to see what purpose the 4 leg tripods actually serve for field work except building your biceps more.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Kirk - the 4-leg versions aren't necessarily any heavier because the final section tends to be smaller diameter. They can be very nice indeed if one needs to store them sideways atop a backpack or in an airline carry-on. I put mine right under the
top backpack flap so it can be quickly accessed in the mtns, when all the rest of the pack is loaded with whatever, and all kinds of other things are attached to it. For dayhiking I just strap a wooden Ries to the outside of the pack, but it's effectively more than twice the weight of a comparable height CF tripod.
That's a.....a...QUADAPOD!!! CooooowUL! That's only for REALLY BIG DSLRS! Hehehehehe
I purchased the AT-213 leg set (AKB-2) a couple of years ago, with a ball head, and love the pod. I soon realized the ball head too fishy with my Calumet cc-401, so I swapped out for an Induro PHT-2 3-way pan head. It came with a carry bag plus the strap can clip directly to the legs. My only other mod was to buy the spike feet to replace the rubber ones for field work. The legs and head can be purchased as a set for reasonable money in either the CF or alloy versions, with either ball or pan heads, as the adventure series.
Rick Allen
Argentum Aevum
practicing Pastafarian
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