Ansel Adams used to take more than one mule, back when he was shooting 5x7 and 8x10 glass plates. Needed the heavy camera (a 5x7 in the 1930s weighed more than your 8x10, most likely), a biggish tripod for it, plus plate or film holders, and spare plates/film and provision for reloading the holders, plus his food and camping gear, plus at least one assistant's food and camping gear, plus feed for the mules... I think I recall he usually had *four* for a week-long expedition. Later, he shot off the top of his car (what we'd now call a large SUV) with a much more reasonable size tripod. I don't recall ever reading how he steadied the car enough for multi-second exposures...
No good for backpacking? Um..surely, with the appropriate canvas, it would double up as a most excellent all-weather tent frame…😏. Btw thank you for vlogs, particularly the well balanced, methodical film reviews. Much appreciated.
I had one for a while. Weighs a tonne. Definitely a studio tripod. Took it out with me for a shoot on public transport once - don’t remember much of that day.
I have used the smaller version of this tripod for year with medium format cameras, mainly Pentax 67. Definitely not for hiking, but as i age, I find that most of my landscapes can be shot within 200 feet of the back of my car. IMO, if you are serious about retaining the sharpness your high end lenses can produce, you really need a larger, heavier tripod to hold everything still doing exposure. It looks like many people today select among the small, carbon fiber tripods for light weight and many leg sections, which are the two worst "features" you need from a tripod, apart from carting it around.
Just picked up a mk1 version of this for £45 lol. Bargain. Plan is to use it for astrophotography tripod. Well chuffed!.. its a lot bigger than i thought it was from looking at the ebay auction 🤣
This is nothing. Recommend a tripod which can handle Pentacon Six's shutter and mirror shock, because every time I press the trigger, it's like nuclear blast
Ansel Adams used to take more than one mule, back when he was shooting 5x7 and 8x10 glass plates. Needed the heavy camera (a 5x7 in the 1930s weighed more than your 8x10, most likely), a biggish tripod for it, plus plate or film holders, and spare plates/film and provision for reloading the holders, plus his food and camping gear, plus at least one assistant's food and camping gear, plus feed for the mules... I think I recall he usually had *four* for a week-long expedition. Later, he shot off the top of his car (what we'd now call a large SUV) with a much more reasonable size tripod. I don't recall ever reading how he steadied the car enough for multi-second exposures...
No good for backpacking? Um..surely, with the appropriate canvas, it would double up as a most excellent all-weather tent frame…😏. Btw thank you for vlogs, particularly the well balanced, methodical film reviews. Much appreciated.
Never met a Manfrotto tripod I didn't like.
I like big tripods and I can not lie...
I had one for a while. Weighs a tonne. Definitely a studio tripod. Took it out with me for a shoot on public transport once - don’t remember much of that day.
I have used the smaller version of this tripod for year with medium format cameras, mainly Pentax 67. Definitely not for hiking, but as i age, I find that most of my landscapes can be shot within 200 feet of the back of my car. IMO, if you are serious about retaining the sharpness your high end lenses can produce, you really need a larger, heavier tripod to hold everything still doing exposure. It looks like many people today select among the small, carbon fiber tripods for light weight and many leg sections, which are the two worst "features" you need from a tripod, apart from carting it around.
I have never understood the prices for tripods. They seem well out of line for the materials, manufacture and quality
make your own then :)
@@AppleGameification I have been toying with the idea of building a studio camera stand similar to the one built by the channel "rotary SMP"
Why??
Watch out for the overhead power lines!
Just picked up a mk1 version of this for £45 lol. Bargain. Plan is to use it for astrophotography tripod. Well chuffed!.. its a lot bigger than i thought it was from looking at the ebay auction 🤣
I believe the Navaho used this for their teepee frame!
THANK YOU!!!!
I take it a tripod of this stature would be utter over kill for my 4x5 speed graphic? lol.
At this height Id be more worried about the person than the camera (probably not to be honest, but you get what I mean)
Do you use a ladder to connect the camera 🤣
Sometimes
This is nothing. Recommend a tripod which can handle Pentacon Six's shutter and mirror shock, because every time I press the trigger, it's like nuclear blast
really? I have the forerunner, the praktisix II... it's really not bad at all.