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Tripod what are you using?
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<blockquote data-quote="fmajor" data-source="post: 1121329" data-attributes="member: 20646"><p>Interesting question on a hunting forum......</p><p> </p><p>Photography is my "other" hobby and was part of my job for many years. I've lugged heavy film and digital gear through cities, subways and up mountains and a tripod is a standard piece of gear.</p><p> </p><p>A gimbal head may be a good way to attach a spotting scope as they are designed to attach directly to hefty telephoto lenses which are similar to a spotting scope.</p><p> </p><p>The very best carbon-fiber tripod legs money can buy are made by a company called "Really Right Stuff" (RRS). No one else's are in the same ballpark. Gitzo legs are a distant second. </p><p><a href="http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/Shop/Carbon-Fiber-Tripods/" target="_blank">Carbon Fiber Tripods</a></p><p> </p><p>RRS also make industry-leading ball heads, but there are other's who make nice ones as well (ArcaSwiss, Foba and Burzynski to name a few).</p><p> </p><p>My personal tripod legs are made by Feisol, a Taiwanese company and they are superb. The only things better are RRS (of course) and Gitzo offerings. </p><p>Here is a linky to the model I use.</p><p><a href="http://reallybigcameras.com/Feisol/Tournament_Class.htm" target="_blank">Feisol Tournament Class at ReallyBigCameras.com</a></p><p> </p><p>They are not the largest legs Feisol sells, but my gear is quite heavy and when schlepping it up a mountain-side every ounce counts!</p><p> </p><p>I use a nothing-special Manfrotto ballhead (498RC2) and it's sufficient.</p><p> </p><p>I've not used any of my photography tripods for hunting thus far, but I may consider it.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fmajor, post: 1121329, member: 20646"] Interesting question on a hunting forum...... Photography is my "other" hobby and was part of my job for many years. I've lugged heavy film and digital gear through cities, subways and up mountains and a tripod is a standard piece of gear. A gimbal head may be a good way to attach a spotting scope as they are designed to attach directly to hefty telephoto lenses which are similar to a spotting scope. The very best carbon-fiber tripod legs money can buy are made by a company called "Really Right Stuff" (RRS). No one else's are in the same ballpark. Gitzo legs are a distant second. [URL="http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/Shop/Carbon-Fiber-Tripods/"]Carbon Fiber Tripods[/URL] RRS also make industry-leading ball heads, but there are other's who make nice ones as well (ArcaSwiss, Foba and Burzynski to name a few). My personal tripod legs are made by Feisol, a Taiwanese company and they are superb. The only things better are RRS (of course) and Gitzo offerings. Here is a linky to the model I use. [URL="http://reallybigcameras.com/Feisol/Tournament_Class.htm"]Feisol Tournament Class at ReallyBigCameras.com[/URL] They are not the largest legs Feisol sells, but my gear is quite heavy and when schlepping it up a mountain-side every ounce counts! I use a nothing-special Manfrotto ballhead (498RC2) and it's sufficient. I've not used any of my photography tripods for hunting thus far, but I may consider it..... [/QUOTE]
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