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Re: [OM] Attaching weight to a tripod

Subject: Re: [OM] Attaching weight to a tripod
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:55:02 -0800
This is a joke, right?  Or is it just the latest example of "horrible advice
given with conviction, sincerity, and a straight face"?

No, the last thing you want is for your tripod to oscillate.  Attaching
ballast with a bungee (an elastic cord) will produce a bouncing system.

Lama


Perhaps I should have explained. He said his bag was too heavy to suspend from the tripod. He could just put it on the ground under the tripod and hook a short bungee between it and the tripod to load the tripod not to lift the bag off the ground.

Winsor


From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Sounds like a good use for a bungee cord.


 > Jim Couch said,
 > I have a solution to the wind/swaying bag issue. I have never been
 > happy with the suspended bag, as it seems like it is ALWAYS swinging,
 > and the time you really want the extra support is when the wind is
 > blowing. In addition when I am backpacking, my pack is WAY to heavy to
 > > suspend from my light tripod.


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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California


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