View single post by Robert

Posted: Sun Mar 29th, 2020 15:36

Joined:	Mon Apr 2nd, 2012
Location:	South Lakeland, UK
Posts:	4066
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I agree, it seems a good deal, lightweight flimsy tripods are an expensive wast of space in my book, better a cheaper, heavier, robust tripod for me. No good being easy to carry but blowing over in the first puff of wind and wrecking the camera/lens, as HAS happened to me, wrecked my Bronica S2a, and that wasn't a fragile camera. It knocked the flash sync out and it was never the same after. Some lucky soul bought it off me via eBay.

I just got another laser level which came with a 'free' tripod, similar to my usual surveyors tripod I usually use, it's slightly smaller than the original one, I plan to try it for photography, if it is rigid enough I may keep it for photography and return the original to it's intended purpose, surveying! Main reason is I can't get the bigger tripod in the car boot without taking the head off, I think the new tripod will be OK with the head on, it's only a couple of inches but makes the difference.

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