Hmm'ng and Haww'ng from Labrador

[sully75]

A Tiltall is a GREAT choice for a cheap tripod. They are on ebay, usually the shipping costs more than the tripod.

[threemilesfinal]

Eric: lol @ "Wifey Cam". Who knows, maybe my Misses will get interested and I can pass it on to her when I get something bigger.

sully: Will definitely look into that. I have a 500mm prime for my 450D that I use on a monopod right now but a Tripod is definitely next on the list of things to get.

[threemilesfinal]

AGH.

Canada Post has me drove crazy waiting.

I could have shot a stack of film by now!

[kurtdriver]

AGH.

Canada Post has me drove crazy waiting.

I could have shot a stack of film by now!

A PC synch cord for me.
Oh, well.

[Sirius Glass]

My Cambo Super Cambo isn't terrible heavy, but I'm still in my forties, ask me in twenty or more years, perhaps it'll be heavy then.

Rule of Thumb: The camera mass increases as the cube of distance carried.

Camera Mass = (Distance Carried)**3

Steve

[kurtdriver]

Shouldn't that equation factor in the condition of the carrier? I can't imagine how to do that, though.

[Sirius Glass]

Shouldn't that equation factor in the condition of the carrier? I can't imagine how to do that, though.

Good point! Also the age factor.

Camera Mass = [Carrier Age/20]*[(Distance Carried)**3]/[Condition of the Carrier]

That is an inverse relationship.

• The better the condition of the carrier, the larger the denominator and therefore a diminished increase on the mass.

• The worse the condition of the carrier, the smaller the denominator and therefore a greater increase on the mass.