In a message dated 12/23/2009 4:38:29 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: For the utmost in stability, if you get a tripod with an extendable center colum, don't extend it. Get the right height tripod (tall enough so you don't have to bend over). Better yet get a tripod w/o the center column and you'll save more weight.
Kenneth Waller =========== Thanks. I think when the camera is on extended center pole a lot of the purpose of the tripod is gone, and it's not as stable. But until recently I hadn't thought about it much (think I started thinking about it more at Yosemite when I was looking at others' tripods), so you've confirmed my feeling. Thanks all, including ecke, for the input! Marnie aka Doe :-) Hmmm, that sounds funny, not the way I meant it. --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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.
