Walt and John,
They look like peas out of a pod - I think my tripod is pretty much
the same.
Funny you should show that one with a SASS.
I would like my next purchase to be a SASS modded for a pair of MKH8020's
They don't seem to be available in this country.
Are they Coyotes I hear in the background ?
I got an off the shelf brass studio lighting threaded (double ended)
adapter for my rig that I just turned down the hex head flanges that
would normally be used to tighten it down with a spanner and it fitted
perfectly - it was a 2 minute mod and cost $8 from the local pro photo
shop.
I think for John's intended use he could just get one of the small
lighting tripods with a single extension and without air dampening.
Cheers
Rally
--- In Walter Knapp <> wrote:
>
> Posted by: "ozrall"
>
> > I use a photographic lighting tripod.
>
> I also use the lighting tripods. For much the same reason, they can
get
> up much higher and are cheaper than photo tripods.
>
> Mine reach up about 15', where the SASS can pick up cleaner sound, not
> full of the reflections and absorptions close to the ground. Here's
what
> it looks like in use:
> http://wwknapp.home.mindspring.com/tall.tripod.1.jpg
> I machined an adapter fitting to go from the lighting tripod to my
SASS.
> You can just about make it out in the photo. This particular tripod is
> air damped (for lowering) and too big for backpacking, but some of the
> others I have would do for that.
>
> I recorded river frogs at that spot in the swamp just to the right of
> the track the night before.
> http://wwknapp.home.mindspring.com/SASS_MKH20_tall.mp3
>
> Often when I'm out on foray and camping in the truck I'll set up the
> tall tripod during the night to see what I can get. Of course I try and
> camp in a likely spot. Here's such a night recording, though not
> recorded while camping.
> http://naturerecordist.home.mindspring.com/2004D005-003.mp3
>
> Walt
>
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