Larry, I picked up an old surveyor's tripod on ebay. I thought that was heavy until I saw yours! Does Bawanna travel with bearers? Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Brian Walters<[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I know you said you weren't concerned about weight, but bloody > hell!!!! > > :-)> > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:23 -0700, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have, on occasion, come up with what might generously be described >> as a solution in search of a problem. Every so often, I luck out and >> find the problem. >> >> A while back I came up with the theory that it would be possible to >> build a sturdy tripod base for under $50, if one wasn't too worried >> about details like weight. It turns out that with an airtool manifold, >> some plumbing bits, a chunk of aluminum and a drill and a couple of >> taps, you can: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157619815658015/ >> >> My big dumb tripod has been sitting around for a while. Tonight, I >> realized that it would be just about perfect to set up with my bigma, >> aimed out my living room window at the bird feeder. >> >> Unfortunately, the head on it isn't so wonderful. It's off a $60 >> vivitar tripod I picked up some years back and is neither particularly >> sturdy, nor particularly easy to use. I think I see a trip to San Jose >> Camera in my near future to pick up a Manfrotto ball head. >> >> -- >> The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post >> the wrong answer. >> Larry Colen [email protected] >> http://www.red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software > or over the web > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
