This thread has intrigued me, not that I should be spending money on toys. Readeing about it though, it doesn't seem quite like the tripod for long nighttime exposures but it might be good for a hike in the woods and macros of stuff on the ground... When I was a kid we had a tripod with a rotating center column, which I really liked.
"Ann Sanfedele" <[email protected]> wrote: >Rob Studdert wrote: > >>On 21 November 2010 18:12, Leon Altoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>HI Ann, >>> >>>I'm very tempted by the Benbo. Can you tell me if the main post is >>>adjustable while the legs are locked in place? And how smooth the >>>movement is? This is very important for what I want to do with it >and >>>hard to tell from the pictures. >>> >>> >> >>The leg lock locks the position of the legs and the angle of the main >>post but the post can be slid at that angle independently. I really >>like mine, I had one, sold it and then purchased another as soon as I >>had the chance. >> >> >> >I see Rob answered for me... the movement is smooth in all >directions... I found out >about benbo's reading a book years ago by nature photog Heather Angel , > >I think it was... >as I was often wishing I could shoot mushrooms and other low to the >ground flora and fauna >and keeping steady the Benbo was essential... because you can move it >around in almost any angle > >ann > > > > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
