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Lightest Tripod for Pentax 6x7
I'm hitting the road in the Spring, backpacking, and am considering
using my Pentax 6x7 exclusively. What do think is the lightest tripod I can get away with using slow speeds? Though I use mirror lockup, the focal plane shutter makes a serious thrust and speeds lower than 1/60 show it. Hand dampering the camera helps, but even that gets risky the slower you go. I've been using my heavier Berlbach with a sizable Bogen head around home areas, as my lighter Bogen made for some very unsharp tests, but I can't see taking it on a long backpacking tourism trip. Thanks, Ken Smith |
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How long are your optics that are going in the field with you?
A few years back, I spent quite a little time testing tripod/head combos with the P67. There seemed to be a strange vibe/tuning thing going on and some lighter rigs did surprisingly well. I used a laser pointer attached to the camera and burned up some old freezer (aged) rolls. I am currently using a Reporter 1328 and #3 head at a weight of about 8# for a field rig. This combo seems to tame things quite well and is reasonably portable. I'm taking longer to mend than expected from a knee operation last year and have been using a Bronica 645RF and an old Bogen 3011/3025 rig. I've been able to squeeze decent 11X14's from this and I only bring it up as it now has me thinking of a Mamiya 7 instead of the P67's for the field. 99% of what I've used my P67 stuff in the field for could have been done with the Mamiya and the little Bronica and small tripod has got the idea started about an alternative to the P67 for extended hiking. The P67 isn't really so bad to haul with a couple/three lenses but the tripod ends up being the main part of the carrying issue..... You might have need for an slr for your purposes but I thought I'd toss the idea out and it's easy to spend someone else's money! On 30 Nov 2004 12:44:15 -0800, (Ken Smith) wrote: I'm hitting the road in the Spring, backpacking, and am considering using my Pentax 6x7 exclusively. What do think is the lightest tripod I can get away with using slow speeds? Though I use mirror lockup, the focal plane shutter makes a serious thrust and speeds lower than 1/60 show it. Hand dampering the camera helps, but even that gets risky the slower you go. I've been using my heavier Berlbach with a sizable Bogen head around home areas, as my lighter Bogen made for some very unsharp tests, but I can't see taking it on a long backpacking tourism trip. Thanks, Ken Smith Craig Schroeder craig nospam craigschroeder com -Eschew Obfuscation- |
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Though I use mirror lockup, the focal plane shutter makes a serious
thrust and speeds lower than 1/60 show it. Hand dampering the camera helps, but even that gets risky the slower you go. I don't know the absolute lightest you could get away with but I use a Bogen 3221 and an Arca Swiss B1 head which is a pretty light set up. My primary formats these days are 4x5 and 8x10 and there's no noticeable difference between 11x14 prints from them and from the 67 (I don't use the 3221 with those formats). I've been using a Pentax 67 for about 10 years, almost always at speeds of 1/60 or shorter, and never had any problems with the shutter affecting the print, at least not anything noticeable with prints of 11x14 which is the largest size prints I make from 6x7 negatives. At what size prints to you notice this deterioration in quality with speeds slower than 1/60? "Ken Smith" wrote in message om... I'm hitting the road in the Spring, backpacking, and am considering using my Pentax 6x7 exclusively. What do think is the lightest tripod I can get away with using slow speeds? Though I use mirror lockup, the focal plane shutter makes a serious thrust and speeds lower than 1/60 show it. Hand dampering the camera helps, but even that gets risky the slower you go. I've been using my heavier Berlbach with a sizable Bogen head around home areas, as my lighter Bogen made for some very unsharp tests, but I can't see taking it on a long backpacking tourism trip. Thanks, Ken Smith |
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Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement
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Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement
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Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement
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"jjs" wrote in message
... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. Then that shouldn't be much of a problem should it? There's only two speeds higher than 1/250 on the camera and in any event I don't know why higher speeds would be a problem or how a cement pylon would help. Some people think there's a problem at slower speeds under some circumstances though in my ten years of using the camera I've never experienced any such problems. However, you're the first person I know of who's said there are problems at the fastest two speeds. Perhaps you could elaborate on your experience with the camera, e.g. how did the problem at speeds higher than 1/250 manifest itself, at what sizes were you printing, what lenses were you using on the camera, etc.? "jjs" wrote in message ... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. |
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"jjs" wrote in message
... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. Then that shouldn't be much of a problem should it? There's only two speeds higher than 1/250 on the camera and in any event I don't know why higher speeds would be a problem or how a cement pylon would help. Some people think there's a problem at slower speeds under some circumstances though in my ten years of using the camera I've never experienced any such problems. However, you're the first person I know of who's said there are problems at the fastest two speeds. Perhaps you could elaborate on your experience with the camera, e.g. how did the problem at speeds higher than 1/250 manifest itself, at what sizes were you printing, what lenses were you using on the camera, etc.? "jjs" wrote in message ... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. |
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"jjs" wrote in message
... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. Then that shouldn't be much of a problem should it? There's only two speeds higher than 1/250 on the camera and in any event I don't know why higher speeds would be a problem or how a cement pylon would help. Some people think there's a problem at slower speeds under some circumstances though in my ten years of using the camera I've never experienced any such problems. However, you're the first person I know of who's said there are problems at the fastest two speeds. Perhaps you could elaborate on your experience with the camera, e.g. how did the problem at speeds higher than 1/250 manifest itself, at what sizes were you printing, what lenses were you using on the camera, etc.? "jjs" wrote in message ... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. |
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"Shelley" wrote in message news:M29rd.13514$lv6.4706@trnddc03...
"jjs" wrote in message ... Nothing can help that camera at speeds higher than 1/250th except a cement pilon. Then that shouldn't be much of a problem should it? There's only two speeds higher than 1/250 on the camera and in any event I don't know why higher speeds would be a problem or how a cement pylon would help. Some people think there's a problem at slower speeds under some circumstances though in my ten years of using the camera I've never experienced any such problems. However, you're the first person I know of who's said there are problems at the fastest two speeds. Perhaps you could elaborate on your experience with the camera, e.g. how did the problem at speeds higher than 1/250 manifest itself, at what sizes were you printing, what lenses were you using on the camera, etc.? He probably just meant to say lower not higher speeds. The longest lens I use is a 150, and I check my tests with a loupe, against the sharpness of the best neg. A neg at 1/125 gets compared to a neg at 1/15, and with a smaller tripod, the 1/15 is seriously compromised. Mamiya 7's or 6's are way out of my price range, with three lenses, good grief. The Pentax 6x7 was minty from KEH at $265.00, and two lenses so far 90&150, both were less than $200. They have really performed well. The 90 is remarkably able to shoot into the sun without flare, and with a waist level finder makes for a very light rig. Still as was said, its the weight of the tripod with this outfit that can get you, due to that snapping thrust from the focal plane shutter. Other than that this is a wonderful camera, and only my TLR Rollie charms as much affection out of me. |
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