> 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.
Thanks - I might take on of those on my hike in France in June. B -- 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.
