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Subject: Re: tripods
From: "Robin" robin_parmar_sound
Date: Fri Mar 1, 2013 2:32 pm ((PST))
Nick Dando wrote:
>
> An alternative, that's slightly cheaper and only slightly heavier, to car=
bon fibre is the Basalt range from Gitzo. They're made from crushed rock, s=
o the fragility of carbon fibre should be avoided.

Hold on now, "the fragility of carbon fibre"? You mean the composite used o=
n racing frames for bikes, in cars, trains, and throughout the aerospace in=
dustry? That fragile substance?

Certainly carbon fibre comes in all grades and types. But it is not used fo=
r its innate "fragility", quite the opposite.

:: Robin Parmar :: THE DRONES now available on BandCamp ::








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