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The late Alfred Eisenstaedt was another photographer who no hang ups about using his Leica with a tripod: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue9911/icon16.htm
M bodies on a tripod
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venchka
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venchka said:
Y'all didn't feel a little tugging on your leg? We all know there are times when a tripod is essential.
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Luigi Crescenzi
ferider said:
Hi Roland, please, see MY own "tripod" solution, fitted to a my case ! 🙂
Ciao, Luigi
"September the 18th, 2006...
Dear RFF members, as promised, although with delay, here some pictures
showing my special Stainless Steel "tripod" screw fitted on the case bottom,
and showing also how it may be easily removed:
http://www.leicatime.com/TripodScrewCaseBottom.jpg
http://www.leicatime.com/TripodScrewRem.jpg
http://www.leicatime.com/TripodScrewRemBottom.jpg
http://www.leicatime.com/TripodScrewRemBottom1.jpg
venchka
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tblanston
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So I have read this entire thread now and I still can't reason why a center mounting tripod is so necessary. Please forgive my ignorance, I am genuinely interested to understand why it is so important.
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Nick R.
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One advantage of the standard leica placement is that it puts the point-of-pressure on the shutter right over the tripod mount for greater stability.
venchka
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tblanston said:
It may not be critical, but on my particular tripod, when I try to flip the tilt-pan head to vertical, both my Canon and Leica bodies (with tripod holes on the end of the base plates) smack the head where the two halves join. It's more of a convenience and protect the cameras thing for me. Several of the solutions mentioned also function with various quick release devices.
I'm hoping that the Voigtlander adapter I bought will work for both the Canon & Leica bodies which have their tripod sockets on opposite ends. This adapter will work in either direction. It was very inexpensive as well.
venchka
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Nick R. said:
OK, but with a cable release that may not be critical. This adapter still supports the camera under the original tripod socket.
tblanston
Member
I've just thought I've been missing some important technical aspect. I've always found the extra space on the left side gives me more comfort adjusting the lens and viewing in the finder et cetera.
venchka
Veteran
tblanston said:
It probably does. My tripod/M5/VI-T combination isn't perfect. I need a way to move the body over a bit so I can get to vertical. Stay tuned. Film at 11.
Dougg
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Well, there IS one technical reason for a tripod mount point centered as nearly under the rear part of the lens as possible... This results in the least amount of perspective change if you take a panned series of photos to be stitched into a panorama.tblanston said:
venchka
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Dougg said:
Right on! I had forgotten about that. Thanks!
Artorius
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tblanston said:
For people like me who shoot landscapes, and a LOT of panoramas, one really needs the tripod to attach nearest the lens Nodal Point. It makes stitching of multiple images much easier.
tblanston
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I had actually thought of that one but I didn't imagine that each of the contributors to this thread were all panorama shooters - guess I could be wrong though!
Crasis
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Okay, I have to say it. Leica, on a tripod? To take advantage of the great Leica glass? What?
Leica.. on a tripod.. to take advantage of Leica glass. The small and convenient Leica.. carrying around a tripod.. to take advantage of Leica glass.. in 35mm format. In 35mm format. The format is 135.
Let me be the first to say, at least in this thread, no matter how sturdy your tripod, you will not reach the quality of a good medium format. Even a bad medium format will probably do better! There's just so much more negative! Not to be negative, but it's all in the negative!
Okay, so look. You're carrying around a tripod.. so you obviously went out to shoot something in mind which doesn't move or you don't care about anything moving there. Why not carry along a medium format? It's not much bigger, and you certainly don't need the compactness considering you aren't 'walking the streets' and you're CARRYING A TRIPOD!
You're shooting landscape. Landscape. Use a bigger negative! That landscape is going to wait for you to get there with your equipment. Trust me, it doesn't move fast. Ever seen the glass in your windows flow at normal temperatures? No? Well that's how fast the landscape is going to move, so you've got a bit of time to get there and set up.
Where's the convenience of using a Leica? You're CARRYING A TRIPOD! You're probably also carrying 5 lenses and a backup body as well. You're CARRYING A TRIPOD!
.. You're carrying a tripod. You could probably just as well carry a large format along with you as well. Your Leicas are weeping at the prospect of being brought out, to sit on a tripod, to take landscapes.
Barnack is weeping, and spinning enough to power a city.
Leica.. on a tripod.. to take advantage of Leica glass. The small and convenient Leica.. carrying around a tripod.. to take advantage of Leica glass.. in 35mm format. In 35mm format. The format is 135.
Let me be the first to say, at least in this thread, no matter how sturdy your tripod, you will not reach the quality of a good medium format. Even a bad medium format will probably do better! There's just so much more negative! Not to be negative, but it's all in the negative!
Okay, so look. You're carrying around a tripod.. so you obviously went out to shoot something in mind which doesn't move or you don't care about anything moving there. Why not carry along a medium format? It's not much bigger, and you certainly don't need the compactness considering you aren't 'walking the streets' and you're CARRYING A TRIPOD!
You're shooting landscape. Landscape. Use a bigger negative! That landscape is going to wait for you to get there with your equipment. Trust me, it doesn't move fast. Ever seen the glass in your windows flow at normal temperatures? No? Well that's how fast the landscape is going to move, so you've got a bit of time to get there and set up.
Where's the convenience of using a Leica? You're CARRYING A TRIPOD! You're probably also carrying 5 lenses and a backup body as well. You're CARRYING A TRIPOD!
.. You're carrying a tripod. You could probably just as well carry a large format along with you as well. Your Leicas are weeping at the prospect of being brought out, to sit on a tripod, to take landscapes.
Barnack is weeping, and spinning enough to power a city.
tblanston
Member
Yeeah, but the question is - is he spinning on a point that is central to his body or is he spinning simply on his right foot?Crasis said:
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Crasis
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tblanston said:
Central to his body. Coffins are made to fit the individual most of the time, so I doubt that he has enough room to spin simply along the axis defined by his right foot.
venchka
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Nick R.
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Don't let equipment get in the way of taking a good photo. If you need a tripod to make it work, use it. Hair shirts just make you itch 🙂
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