2010/10/8 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>: > > When I was 16 years old, my Grandmother knew I was into photography and > gave me a Tripod for my Birthday or Christmas, I can't remember which > really. It was/is very light, made with aluminum tubing, but real cast > metal fittings and camera stage, (not the best, metal, the crank to raise > and lower the center post broke somewhere i don't remember exactly how, but > there was obviously a flaw the casting). I still use it when I need a light > tripod. It's a lot sturdier than any modern tripod in the same weight > class, and while I wouldn't expect it to hold a 600mm lens, even the Vivitar > Solid Cat is too much for it. It does a creditable job with a lightweight, > (and with Pentax is there any other kind), camera and lens combo, (up to the > A*300mm f4.0).. Now true I use it partly because of the sentimental > attachment, but I really haven't found anything else that would really > replace it.
kind of like my tiltall except i no longer use it now that I have a quadropod ecke -- 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.
