Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think carbon fiber tripods are fairly delicate. I have an aluminum Manfrotto tripod that I bought new when I was 15 years old that has bounced around in the trunk of every car I have owned since I was 16. I am 41 now, and that old tripod has lots of scuffs and scratches but it functions perfectly, despite 26 years of hard use. I still use it every day. I don?t think a CF tripod would have survived it all, and they?re so damned expensive! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 10/29/16, 4:59 AM, "LUG on behalf of Richard Man" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >First, one of the locking mechanism on my CF tripod broke... no big deal, >I >duct-taped it together.. > >Then, another leg broke. As in, the carbon fiber leg section broke off... >sigh, so I superglued it and duct-taped it. Not sure if it will work. We >shall see. > >The tripod lasted 7 years? With lots of hiking mileage. > >Then my trusty 8 years old Olympus E-3, my only dSLR (ever!!!) becomes >inoperative once in a while. Sigh, I don't use it much, except for events >stuff, which I do may be 3-5 times a year... I can get another E-3 for >$260 >on eBay, but too poor for now. > >Ugh. > >-- >"Some People Drive, We Are Driven" >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram ><https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information