Thanks, Aahz. Cheers, Christine
On Aug 18, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> I saw this new tripod on amazon: especially made for travel and >> mobility. If you click to the images page, there's a video showing >> the tripod "in action." Any thoughts? It's amazingly compact and can >> sustain up to 8.5 pounds. > > No direct response, but during the run-up to my Alaska trip, someone sent > this URL: > > http://bythom.com/support.htm > > which gives a lot of general advice. The critical point is buried near > the end: your tripod weight must be somewhere between one and 1.5x of > your total camera weight (camera plus lens). Otherwise there just isn't > enough stability. > -- > 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. > -- 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.

