Justin
I have used 2 gitzo tripods ( the traveller) for over 4 years and have
never had to worry about weight, breakage or stability. You get what
you pay for in any walks of life. I do not want to trust bad equipment
to the elements, often a recording in Nature is aquired by chance, you
do not want to ruin that opertunity with bad gear. But at the end of
the day it's your call.
Martyn Stewart
www.naturesound.org
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On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:28 AM, "justinasia" <> wrote:
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> > Any decent photographic tripod should do, it does not have to be
> made of carbon fiber.
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> I have just found the Feisol CT-3402, which extends to 179cm, weighs
> 1.31kg and can take a load of 9kg, which seems far more than other
> lightweight tripods. It costs $202, which is about half the price of
> the Gitzo I found. It seems to be highly regarded by photographers.
> I am still unclear whether or not it is necessary to send such a lot
> of money though. I read this posted by a photographer:
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> "I started with a lightweight, relatively inexpensive aluminum
> tripod (for a very small, light SLR), and rapidly gave up in
> disgust, because I was losing a very large fraction of shots because
> the tripod was vibrating so much in even moderate breezes that the
> shots were unacceptably blurry. I replaced it with a carbon fiber
> Gitzo and never looked back."
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> Do these vibrations pose a similar problem to us as recordists (with
> AT3032)? I am hoping that some of you have experiences to shed light
> on this.
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> Thank you
> Justin
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