new toy

[Alex_B]

.. let us see when i will get some panoramas done with this one

(i know the image is rubbish ... f/1.4 1/20s handheld, ISO1600 ... low light, almost dark)

 

[ferny]

How comes you have a small condom wrapper on the top of your camera?

 

[lostprophet]

ohhh Alex me like me like me like!

I also have a new tripod head so let us celebrate together :cheers:

 

[Alex_B]

How comes you have a small condom wrapper on the top of your camera?

Well, I always use condoms when shooting .. it is simply a safety issue! Hence the wrapper is pretty handy!

 

[Alex_B]

ohhh Alex me like me like me like!

I also have a new tripod head so let us celebrate together :cheers:

Cheers mate! :cheers:

Think I need a more stable tripod now, since that pano head just screams for a heavy bulky tripod with spikes

 

[lostprophet]

Cheers mate! :cheers:

Think I need a more stable tripod now, since that pano head just screams for a heavy bulky tripod with spikes

well I'm surrounded by over 20 tripods as I type:greenpbl:

 

[ferny]

Your "tripod" has a heavy head??? And you want spikes??? No no no no nooooooooooooooo! oddd, strange people.


:shock:

 

[Alex_B]

well I'm surrounded by over 20 tripods as I type:greenpbl:

you also have these?
http://www.berlebach.de/e_index.php?PHPSESSID=da2441f1c7b1720c16d1621654926f7f

nice wooden tripods .. they damp vibrations very easily

 

[Alex_B]

Your "tripod" has a heavy head??? And you want spikes??? No no no no nooooooooooooooo! oddd, strange people.


:shock:

that's just the perverted way I am, sorry

 

[lostprophet]

no but we have tripods made from carbon fibre and ones from volcanic rock, which is what I use as they too are very good at dampening vibrations

Velbon
Gitzo
Manfrotto
to name a few

 

[ferny]

Made from volcanic rock??? Tell more, that sounds... odd.

 

[lostprophet]

its made from Basalt which is volcanic rock,and yes its rock steady and it rocks!!

http://services.gitzo.com/basalt/home.htm

 

[ferny]

So how much is one of those things? :O

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Which bit are we looking at again?

>;o))

 

[lostprophet]

So how much is one of those things? :O

anything from £250 to £500 depending on size and type of legs. The cheap ones are about the same price as Manfrotto carbon fibre but a lot lighter and stronger.