----- 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
