Big thanks, for the info, William. When I'm ready to drop-kick my current tripod, I'm going to definitely check out the wood tirpods. I'll let you know what I find. Big Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Help Needed: Sliding Bogen tripod legs > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine Aguila" > Subject: Re: Help Needed: Sliding Bogen tripod legs > > >> William: As a general rule, do you prefer wood tripods to the other >> stuff? >> I've been intrigued by the wood tripod, but don't know much about them. > > The wood tripod has advantages and disadvantages. They are very good at > absorbing vibration, but > they tend to be HEAVY when compared to an aluminium tripod or even more, > to a carbon fibre > tripod of similar height and load carrying ability. > I haven't looked to see whats available in woodfor quite some time. I am > pretty sure the Zone > VI tripods are no longer available new, and I doubt that they are easily > found on the used > market either. Berlenbach used to be very good, they would be a good brand > to look at as well. > If you are looking for a high end tripod (wood is definitely high end), > then also look at the > carbon fibre ones as well. They are almost as good as wood for damping > vibration, and weigh a > lot less. > I don't know about cost comparisons. Gitzo makes good ones, I am sure > there are others out > there, possibly better or more cost effective than Gizo. > > I do own a couple of metal tripods, a Montrotto 028 with an 029 (229 now), > which has given me > little to complain about, other than the lower column stabilizer falling > apart in front of Tom > Cakalic a few years ago. > I never did get it reassembled, I suppose I should. > I also have a Manfrotto 055 with what would now be a 115 head. It has the > same problem as > Jerome's tripod, with the added bonus feature of a self welding head. > I did find a grease at the auto parts store that is supposed to prevent > dielectric welding. I > must see if it fixes that problem sometime. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
