2010/5/5 Andrea Coffey <why....@gmail.com>: > On 5 May 2010 21:44, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The telescoping hiking stick (which is terrific, by the way), is what >>> I currently use with the Basic Ball. >> >> Tell me more please, I've been considering one for a while > > They are carbon fibre, mainly black with Novoflex blue highlights, 3 > sections, markings at the two joins to indicate extended (total) > length (110 to 145 cm, in 5cm steps). Comes with metal pin at foot, > and replacement rubber foot (I made the replacement on mine). Wooden > threaded knob on top (standard 1/4" tripod female thread, male screw > from stick), with comfortably padded (durable) foam grip, and > adjustable webbing strap (some 46cm long) for use as walking stick. > Made in Germany by Leki. Closed length 665mm, knob ~50mm diameter, > removable stiff rubber bump protector at bottom ~53mm diameter. Mass > of 290g with rubber foot and bump protector. > > I bought mine "on spec" (speculatively), and am very pleased. > > I've used it as a walking stick, traversing some slippery (sand on > stone) slopes, and it enabled secure passage, providing a third point > of contact with the ground. Highly recommended. I'm some 178cm tall, > and pretty solid, and at no time did I feel as if it was ever going to > fail. I did ensure the two extension joints were firmly screwed at my > desired length (different for ascending and descending slopes). > > For use as a monopod, it has the standard 1/4" tripod screw exposed by > unscrewing the wooden knob. Length to start of screw (closest to the > ground) is 143cm, centre of viewfinder of Pentax K-7 is 167cm above > ground, using walking stick, Basic Ball, Leica ball head, Manfrotto > RC4 shoe and RC4 plate on base of camera. In other words, sufficiently > long for me.
Sounds great, thank you Andrea! Looks like more funds flowing their way once they can be spared =) Ecke -- 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.
