OK, so I want to stick about 5 kg of spotting scope (127mm catadioptric)
on a tripod; I've figured out that a Jobu Designs gimbal head will work
with something that size, so I'm OK for answering "what head do I get?"
but am currently wandering off into the weeds in all directions trying
to sort out tripod legs.
Ideally, I want something that:
- has no centre column
- is about 54" high fully extended (52 is not too low, but 50" is;
56" would be usable)
- isn't heavy
- isn't Feisol, since I though the 3442 would be about ideal and
they just bait-and-switched me (got an email saying they wouldn't
fulfil the order taken by their online ordering system at that price)
- has, or has the option of, spike feet
- can be had in Canada without resort to surreptitious parachuting
And, of course, doesn't cost the earth. I figured the collective wisdom
of the list would be a good place to start enquires, and since I do
intend to attach the thing to a Pentax camera (1500/f12; better be a
sunny day...) some of the time it's even on topic!
-- Graydon
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