[LargeFormat] of tripods and mountains

[Huib Smeets]

Alex,

My experience up to now is that my 440 can handle the 4kg LF camera, but
only to a certain limit. When windspeed approaches 4 Beaufort the whole lot
starts to vibrate. I suspect that this is partially caused by the somewhat
smallish ballhead, but even with a sturdy head I think 4 to 5 Beaufort is
the limit.

Huib

http://home.plex.nl/~hsmeets





> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Alex Le Heux
> Sent: maandag 8 juli 2002 16:31
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] of tripods and mountains
>
>
>
>
> Soon I will travel to Japan and, amongst other things, pay my respects to
> Mt Fuji. Fuji-san is more than 3700 metres high. For someone living in The
> Netherlands the number 3700 meters is quite meaningless, I think the
> highest point in NL is some 325 m above sealevel... Climbing this Giant of
> a Mountain while carrying my MPP, some lenses, film and a nice and sturdy
> Manfrotto seems somewhat silly. At least, that's what people tell me. Not
> that I believe them, but shedding some weight seems to be a Good Idea.
>
> The obvious place to shed some weight is the tripod (I myself am
> already on
> a diet of dry rice and air). And if I'm going to buy a small and light
> tripod anyway, why not get the smallest and lightest thing I can get away
> with...
>
> Now for the question:
>
> Would a Manfrotto 444 be enough for an MPP Mk VII and say a Super Angulon
> 90 f/8? Or should I get something bigger like the 440?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex Le Heux
>
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> the Earth is
> not impressed. The Motorcycle and I loose the 'F' and 'm' battle
> and have to
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