Does anyone know what Mr. Watson is using in this video?
http://www.chriswatson.net/downloads.html
On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
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> Justin
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> 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.
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> Martyn Stewart
> www.naturesound.org
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> Please excuse any spelling mistakes I make on this tiny keyboard
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> On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:28 AM, "justinasia" <>
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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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