Hmmm. Tempting... if for nothing other than the reduced weight.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/29/2012 5:54 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 11/27/2012 3:40 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> ... As far as ground level eventually went for this:
>> http://tinyurl.com/c6rvmk7 I believe Walt used a Cullman
>> extension arm that clamped to a tripod leg. That center column set up is
>> like having one built in; though trying to do
>> a high mag stack with the Zuiko 38 on the OM bellows with cross pol flash on
>> dew laden grass, I still had to invert
>> the ctr column and mostly accomplished acquiring a few grey hairs and wet
>> clothes.
>
> [Subject line from an old Walt thread on this subject.]
>
> I think you guys are going about this the hard way. It's not the old days,
> nor the future, and in the present, there are
> some rather nice solutions.
>
> Here we have one tripod, with small ball head, and one camera, no extras,
> accessories or modifications. Is that low
> enough for you?
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Misc&image=IMG_1116croofm.jpg>
>
> It's a Manfrotto 190cxpro3.
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/548524-REG/Manfrotto_190CXPRO3_190CXPRO3_3_Section_Carbon_Fiber.html>
>
> They make various models with the same center column design. Pull it all the
> way up, pushing a little button at the end
> of travel, and it goes sideways. Legs lock at four angles, including, as you
> can see, flat. Leg length uses flip
> locks. CF and magnesium, so it's light and doesn't support vibrations.
>
> It's rated for 11 lbs. It's solid for OMs or E-thingies with non-extreme
> lenses, Pens and E-M5 with any
> µ4/3 lens yet made. The band shots with the 75-300 @ 300 (600 mm eq.) I
> recently posted were made at full leg extension
> with center column raised. Really big, heavy lenses, especially with big pro
> body, would be less solid. But much of that
> is my modest, light head.
>
> I've used Mike's Gitzo briefly. Wonderful tripod, beautifully made and really
> solid. But, the center post tilt design is
> more awkward, it's much heavier, and much slower to set up and take down -
> and (through the end of the year) it costs
> about three times as much.
>
> I ran into a woman with a bunch of Nikon gear and this tripod at a garden a
> while ago. When I showed her what the center
> column does, she was amazed - had had no idea.
>
> As to angle finders, etc., if you need that, and shoot digital, you need a
> camera with at least a tilting screen. It's
> much better, with far more angular flexibility and greater magnification. If
> you are committed to 4/3, augment that E-1,
> E-5xx or E-4xx with an E-6xx, E-30, E-3 or E-5, all with articulated screens,
> and free yourself! They are cheap used!
>
> BTW, the lion is a lens aficionado, peering carefully at the M.Z lens. :-)
>
> Go Low Moose
>
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