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11/03/2007 02:50:48 PM · #1
I have been looking around for some tripod recs and found this article interesting on what to do when they get water & gunk & whatnot.

What catches the eye is this image.... These pair would be classed in the fanatical end of the field I suspect but they guy on the left only needs someone to pee in the lake and he would be under :-)

Edit: Dropped the hotlink image; hit the link and look at the image, it's worth a laugh or scare - It only lasted a few minutes before getting the no-hotlink image :-)


Message edited by author 2007-11-03 14:57:12.
11/03/2007 03:13:19 PM · #2
Great link. I was just wondering if anybody ever replaced the bolts and/or springs that go with the quick releases. Mine are starting to show some corrosion as I tend to do crazy things like these guys. I wonder where you get them though.

[thumb]531743[/thumb]

Message edited by author 2007-11-03 15:13:44.
11/03/2007 03:21:12 PM · #3
Someone needs to start a rubber pants product company for tripods.
11/03/2007 03:42:11 PM · #4
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

...as I tend to do crazy things like these guys...


Yeah well you put cameras in water too, so not sure I'm taking your advice on camera gear and water anytime soon :-)
11/03/2007 06:31:05 PM · #5
I learned just how fast tide comes in when I was taking the series of shots that this photo came from.



I left it out there for a couple of the big waves, since I wasn't dressed to be standing waist high in the cold Oregon Pacific. The tide was also sinking my tripod in the sand. It was a valuable lesson, that long exposure shots while standing in the water aren't a good idea, especially when the ground below you goes out with each wave.

Closing the legs up was pretty hard with all the grit and sand, but I think I've got most of it out now, heh. Yay for old toothbrushes.
11/03/2007 07:01:31 PM · #6
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Great link. I was just wondering if anybody ever replaced the bolts and/or springs that go with the quick releases. Mine are starting to show some corrosion as I tend to do crazy things like these guys. I wonder where you get them though.

[thumb]531743[/thumb]


Doc,
Whereabouts is the place you took this? Looks gorgeous. I'd love to day-trip there if it's a reasonable drive for me.
11/03/2007 07:47:42 PM · #7
Originally posted by jaxter:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Great link. I was just wondering if anybody ever replaced the bolts and/or springs that go with the quick releases. Mine are starting to show some corrosion as I tend to do crazy things like these guys. I wonder where you get them though.

[thumb]531743[/thumb]


Doc,
Whereabouts is the place you took this? Looks gorgeous. I'd love to day-trip there if it's a reasonable drive for me.


Punchbowl falls on Eagle Creek. Exit 41 on the I-84 in Oregon. I was just there today to find, to my dismay, that the trail is closed due to a landslide. No word when it will reopen.
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