On Sat, Feb 02, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:55 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> I take part of that back, aparently the 679b is still made. The >> price hasn't changed that much either. It's not very compact when >> collapsed though, makes finding a case for it kind of a pain, (I'm >> still looking for something good). > > I did a bit of google fu and this seems to be a rebadged version of > the monopod that I have and really like: > > http://www.adorama.com/RERMC532.html?gclid=CI2j76OcmLUCFQhyQgod3CQAGg > > No flip locks, but for $75 you can't beat the price. Carbon fiber > is nice and light, and probably better at damping vibration than > aluminum.
After trying your monopod today (briefly) and comparing it (also briefly) with John Francis's, I definitely prefer flip locks. Sometimes the myriad slightly different models do make sense... -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
