Interesting. The Sirui will do the same upside down trick with out leg
angle lock either, but I had not tried that until I saw the upside down
Moose. All legs can be loosened with one twist if desired. They fold
up to about the same length though the Sirui CF is only 1.5 lbs but
smaller diameter legs it appears--both good and bad.
Only quibbles are would have moved the focus to the Moose eye and
negated the -2/3 exp comp in the flat light ;-).
The wifi thingie is really very nice for remote use and I can send the
jpeg to my phone in a sec and have a reasonable image in low light to
send in a flash. It smartly doesn't even flip the archive bit.
You'll get a chance to check this one out. Wonderful for µ4/3,
perhaps not for
FF digi.
ditto---How "bout a portable 'pod duel with Spencer Trappist Ales in
hand? Yikes, have one for Bob---need to mail--technically a violation
but so be it.
Mostly Right Side up with no Ctr Column, I know two hand surgeons who
do carpal tunnel releases anyway, Mike
On 8/15/2014 1:50 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
Three Legged Moose wrote:
This is the one I bought.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/769662-REG/Velbon_UT_45L_UT_45L_6_
Section_Aluminum.html>
Looks good.
I also obtained a Velbon Maxi for travel just prior to joining the
list--still
use.
I am not fully pleased with any of the choices. When on a horse
trip, it is
not wise to bring my Gitzo Ex with the
cantilevering center column--GREAT for macro.
For OM/MFT my choice was:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/sirui-t-025x-travel-tripod-review/introduction.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/917559-REG/sirui_bsrt025x_t_025x_carbon_fiber_tripod.html
I like the ability to weight it via a carabiner and remove the ctr
column--can get to 10" or so min height. Moose
choice doesn't do badly at 14".
The Velbon above goes to 0", per the image I just posted.
Interestingly, the
brief instruction sheet doesn't suggest it.
Sirui can work well (not if windy) with OM FF digital if weight it
and not
extending too far as well as ctr column
removal. My choice of modification would be to make it about 20%
heavier
with ability to use a monopod and being
able to cantilever the ctr column--stabilized by counter weight. None
of the
ones I've seen hit the Goldilocks zone
for me but I needed something.
I start to get interested when I see things like this. Bob showed me
one, this
or something similar. Then I realize the
legs are twist lock. In this case, 12 x turn, pull, reverse turn cycles
to
extend to full height - by which time I'm
either bored or have forgotten what I'm shooting, or it left - and
another 12 to
collapse - by which time my
companion(s) are out of sight.
Too many legs, none quite right, Mike
You'll get a chance to check this one out. Wonderful for µ4/3, perhaps
not for
FF digi.
Happy Carpal Tunnels Moose
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