On 5 June 2018 at 23:22, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/28/2018 5:44 AM, Jan Steinman via olympus wrote:
>
>> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>>
>>> this thread led me to wandering the byways of the web, with the probably
>>> inevitable
>>> result that a new to me Uni-Loc S1700 should be here in about a week…
>>>
>> Oh no! A moose wrestling with bagpipes! People would pay good money for a
>> photo of THAT!
>>
>
> Not much wrestling, and no one else at hand to take the photo. <
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22856>
>
> It did make getting the angle I wanted easier. Last shot in this corner
> was more difficult to set up and the angle was less than ideal. The down
> side is that it's aluminum and, in cases like this, a weight at the end of
> a long lever arm. Avoiding vibration effects seemed to me to require remote
> release, after waiting for everything to settle.
Thank heaven for micro 4/3 - anything bigger and you'd have needed a
counterweight (or a hefty bag hung from the tripod boss) to stop that
tipping. I have a similar device myself though it mostly gets used for
getting low-down or as a substitute for a copy stand - it's really easy to
get the camera pointed straight down without getting the legs in frame.
Ian
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