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Tin Can
21-Mar-2023, 05:05
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benropolaris/benro-theta?ref=33dazv
I am not supporting this
But look at the $$$ so far
I only use levels in studio
and never ib field, as I THINK I can find my level better
nolindan
21-Mar-2023, 06:05
Good Gawd!
Updating P. T. Barnum for population growth the adage must now be: "There is a sucker born every 9 seconds." I think Kickstarter demonstrates this new statistic.
Michael R
21-Mar-2023, 06:17
As a company that has been around for 30 years, it is our hope that we can launch our new products (reduce our cost of capital) through a platform that allows us to better interact with (raise low/no cost funds from) our users.
ericantonio
21-Mar-2023, 11:14
i just tilt my head.
I saw this last week and I thought lordy, who would buy that?? I mean, the world is flat anyway, why use a level?
Tin Can
21-Mar-2023, 11:25
Obviously many, many want battery tripods
6 more days and usually a rush at EOT
This is truly nuts. Even when the tripod isn't level -- and mine never is -- all you need to do is level the head with a visual bubble level (.99¢).
Andrew O'Neill
21-Mar-2023, 18:06
I want one that walks beside me...
Now THAT I might pay for!!!
Tin Can
22-Mar-2023, 05:07
Invented long ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_(vehicle)
I want one that walks beside me...
That won't work for me. In Colorado we have laws against littering.
MarkCros15sman
2-May-2023, 04:03
For me, the Benro Theta is a cool modular tripod with lots of great features. And it's worth the money. It's not a disposable tool. Buy it and enjoy it. All you have to do is use it with care.
I dislike anything that needs batteries
I need to buy another case of landfill
I do use DIGI
but my DR has none
Give us a complete review, including what happens when the batterers die
nolindan
2-May-2023, 06:58
... Benro Theta ... All you have to do is use it with care.
But we are talking tripods here. They don't get used with care - they get set up in the middle of rivers, on snow fields, in mud, set in the middle of the road and hit by a truck. They take tumbles down the side of a mountain. They get packed in luggage and 'inspected' and promptly dropped on concrete floors, head first.
I can't think of any photographic equipment that sees harder use.
And this thing is battery powered - hope it has a removable corrosion resistant battery box. It will see intermittent use, be put away with the batteries still in it and corrode in the cupboard for a season or a year.
I dislike anything that needs batteries
Does that include your pacemaker? Just curious.
MarkCros15sman
3-May-2023, 02:16
But we are talking tripods here. They don't get used with care - they get set up in the middle of rivers, on snow fields, in mud, set in the middle of the road and hit by a truck. They take tumbles down the side of a mountain. They get packed in luggage and 'inspected' and promptly dropped on concrete floors, head first.
I can't think of any photographic equipment that sees harder use.
And this thing is battery powered - hope it has a removable corrosion resistant battery box. It will see intermittent use, be put away with the batteries still in it and corrode in the cupboard for a season or a year.
Maybe you're right. Everyone has different conditions for working with photographic equipment. But once upon a time, people used push-button mobile phones that could open beer and even crack a walnut (reliability). But now everyone has a smartphone in their pocket, which is scary to accidentally drop on the ground at least once (because it is very delicate and fragile), although reliable push-button phones are still sold in stores.
My iphone can open beer bottles :P
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