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Comment by Algernon posted on Street photography for everyone at 03/08/2011 - 19:24
I think it's ridiculous not having a Kodak Instamatic when you've got all that other gear My old Aunt Maude reckons her Instamatic 126 is the best camera ever made and claims it takes marvellous photographs every time..... she does admit though that they aren't as good as professional would take!
Comment by Algernon posted on KatzEye Screens at 03/08/2011 - 13:10
Very funny Don
Comment by Algernon posted on My new video at 03/08/2011 - 11:43
Mike-P wrote:
No idea but that sig is absolutely ridiculous.
Can't see a Kodak Instamatic in there! No idea but that sig is absolutely ridiculous.
Comment by Algernon posted on KatzEye Screens at 03/08/2011 - 10:44
Excellent shots!... even though I think the girls tatoos's
look horrible
look horrible
Comment by Algernon posted on Street photography for everyone at 03/08/2011 - 09:38
Algernon wrote:
For only £124 NEW you can have one of the best tripods ever made....
a Leica wooden surveying tripod link
Just needs an adapter to a photographic head which I'm sure is readily available.
The adapter is a fairly standard 5/8" to 1/4" adapter available off the shelf link Perfect for really big lenses or 5x4. Better than my old wooden Gandolfi tripod For only £124 NEW you can have one of the best tripods ever made....
a Leica wooden surveying tripod link
Just needs an adapter to a photographic head which I'm sure is readily available.
If you ever need a 3M High tripod these are available for sale and hire link
I've got a Linhof that reaches about 2.4M. The tog I bought it off used to use it in hospitals to photograph operations
Comment by Algernon posted on Cheap Tripod? at 03/08/2011 - 09:02
Dangermouse wrote:
I know of a few surviving examples around the local reservoirs. A friend who's into hill walking reckons that many are being removed due to people attempting to stand on them, falling off, breaking something and needing mountain rescue or the air ambulance to come and get them (or alternatively this is what the cotton wool brigade think might possibly happen)!
I haven't looked at them too closely, next time I'm up there I will try to find all three in each location. I did see a team using them a few months ago, believe it or not.
I can't imagine any trig stations being removed, surely they would keep them for historic reasons when they are no longer used. Places like Ashurst Beacon are called after the trig station, the Romans probably lit beacons there. I know of a few surviving examples around the local reservoirs. A friend who's into hill walking reckons that many are being removed due to people attempting to stand on them, falling off, breaking something and needing mountain rescue or the air ambulance to come and get them (or alternatively this is what the cotton wool brigade think might possibly happen)!
I haven't looked at them too closely, next time I'm up there I will try to find all three in each location. I did see a team using them a few months ago, believe it or not.
This is one at Billinge Lump near Wigan, link not very high, but on the old county boundaries you could see something like 13 counties from there, which I think was the record.
It looks like it has a removable plate in the middle and they all have the 3 grooves which allow a tribrach to be easily set up on them.
Comment by Algernon posted on Cheap Tripod? at 03/08/2011 - 08:37
The Best one's actually made of Beech. This ones a lightweight made
of pine but still better than alloy tripods. You could stand on this
quite easily.... Whoops! I want one for when I get a
1000mm lens
In between are fibreglass tripods.
The Test Report is quite interesting:
http://www.tequipment.net/pdf/Leica/Tripod_Analysis.pdf
Pentax make some alloy one's not sure if they do wood as well, but
they were never in the same league as Leica.
of pine but still better than alloy tripods. You could stand on this
quite easily.... Whoops! I want one for when I get a
1000mm lens
In between are fibreglass tripods.
The Test Report is quite interesting:
http://www.tequipment.net/pdf/Leica/Tripod_Analysis.pdf
Pentax make some alloy one's not sure if they do wood as well, but
they were never in the same league as Leica.
Comment by Algernon posted on Cheap Tripod? at 02/08/2011 - 21:49
Correction it's Cash Generator who are selling the K1000.
Apologies to Cash Converters
Apologies to Cash Converters
Comment by Algernon posted on grrrrrr eBay numpties at 02/08/2011 - 20:40
For only £124 NEW you can have one of the best tripods ever made....
a Leica wooden surveying tripod link
Just needs an adapter to a photographic head which I sure is
readily available. Wood is better than alloy at absorbing
vibrations and is warmer in cold weather. There used to be
a PDF on the Leica site detailing tests they'd done on their
range of tripods and the wooden ones came out top.
a Leica wooden surveying tripod link
Just needs an adapter to a photographic head which I sure is
readily available. Wood is better than alloy at absorbing
vibrations and is warmer in cold weather. There used to be
a PDF on the Leica site detailing tests they'd done on their
range of tripods and the wooden ones came out top.
Comment by Algernon posted on Cheap Tripod? at 02/08/2011 - 20:25
Excellent shots!... even though I think the girls tatoos's
look horrible
Good grief.
Tattoos, surely?
G
no surprise that I can't spell it