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Who else uses a Leitz Large Ball Head on the table top tripod legs? Perfect for low light street photography. You can brace it on a wall, post, or your chest for beautiful sharp long exposures.
Who else uses a Leitz Large Ball Head on the table top tripod legs? Perfect for low light street photography. You can brace it on a wall, post, or your chest for beautiful sharp long exposures.
Would it be something like this? Brace the tripod horizontally against a wall?
Richard,I’ve worried in recent years to take it in hand luggage on a plane. Might be confiscated as a weapon. Anyone had experience of going straight through?
Richard,I found that my baseplate pad on the threaded pin section of the tripod head is loose and rotates. It seem secure, and it rotates smoothly. Is this a deliberate design feature? If it was fixed any grit would grind into the nice finish of the baseplate. Rotating is perfect design from that point of view. Anyone else's rotate from new? Mine is second hand but as good as new.
This past September, I checked TSA regs before my vacation flights (US only). Their website states that tripods are perfectly fine as long as they do not have retractable spikes. I didn't have my carry-on inspected for my Gitzo, but be aware that TSA can ask you to open your luggage for anything that they feel warrants inspection. Other countries? Who knows!Richard,
My worst experience was having to open my carry-on for a visual check. I have gone straight thru on occasions but expect to have my cameras checked sometimes.
Bill