(this isn't so much LF topic, but I hope that someone here will be able to help)
So, I will go on the vacation in few days, and this time I would like to take some shots of the bank and not from the bank (bank like stone coast, not financial institution. I have one old (20 years or so) Gitzo tripod (Reporter, I think) and I'm afraid sea water might ruin him. Well, I'm sure that salt will cause some corrosion (the water is very salty in that area - salt pans are on that island just few dozen miles away, on the shallow part of island) and I'm wondering what to do. I can take one even older wood tripod, but... wouldn't wooden tripod float on the sea?
I will carry Tachihara 4x5 and just 2 lenses (small G-Claron and even smaller Symmar), with filmholder in place and with cokin (A system) on the lens I doubt it will weight over 2 kilos. What do you think - can some cheap plastic tripod with some extraweight (sorry, can't recall the word) under the head, like sandbag (or stonebag in my case endure my camera and sea waves? Or, is there any really really sure product I can spray on my old (but excellent) Gitzo?
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