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Re: Tripod for the Outback?

Subject: Re: Tripod for the Outback?
From: "Marco Pesente" <>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:52:25 +0100
Kevin,
I can suggest you a Manfrotto tripod 190 model with Video Head 128 model.
The Video Head 128 is very light to be a video head; it's very usefull to 
"follow" flock of birds (or a moving bird) with your parabola, so you are able 
to record calls without noise of your arm.
This 128 Video Head is not usefull to take pictures, because of it's 2D head's 
movements; you can buy another Manfrotto head with 3D suitable for pictures.
These Manfrotto elements are inexpensive for their very good quality.
Carbon fiber tripods are very light for weight, but very heavy for price! I got 
one two years ago and used it with a 500mm f/4,0 Nikon lens and a Nikon F5 
camera reflex: really I was astonished of tripod's stability.

marco


  I've been using mother Nature's mic mounts (trees, rocks, ect.} but she
  sometimes doesn't provide just where I need it.  I need to give in to
  lugging a field tripod.  Any suggestions for one that is light weight,
  rugged, and with adjustable length legs for rough terrain?  Thanks

  Kevin J. Colver


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>From   Tue Mar  8 18:22:15 2005
Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:40:00 -0500
From: "Monty Brigham" <>
Subject: RE: Re: homemade hydrophone

Dear Marco,
Your situation reminds me of a similar problem that I encountered
several years ago. I was always picking up a radio signal and it took a
lot of questions to people who know about electronics by the time I got
the problem fixed. The ground wire was attached to the shield. My
repairman was given everything from the mike to the tape machine and to
his astonishment the connector from the mike to the machine was
improperly soldered. It was a factory made connection! Get your machine
to a repairman and save your self grief.

Monty 

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco Pesente  
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:32 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: homemade hydrophone


  Walt wrote:

  >When I tried that for recording frogs, it picked up local radio
stations
  >better than the frogs. Seemed not to have enough shielding. I could
only
  >use it with a whole pile of magnetic chokes on it's cable. And that
  >damaged the high frequency end of the signal.
  >....
  >I shifted to the HTI hydrophone, same as Marco, though I went with a
  >slightly different model. 
  >Walt
  Walt,

  Indeed, in my previous replay to Lang, I forgot to say: using HTI
inexpensive Hydrophone model, sometimes I record radio stations (mainly
no locals, but from around Europe ex. Radio Ukraine!). Anyway, I can
accept that for an about 200'$ Hydrophone.

  marco

  





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