Bill,
I'd be more concerned about the gear on top in the saltwater air
than the 'pod legs below in the water. Tripod legs are both cheap
and durable. Dunk 'em, bring 'em home, hose 'em off, let 'em dry,
and fuggedaboudit.
I've got a 30-year-old Quick-Set Pro-Am, which is my go-to-hell
tripod, that's been in every kind of water you can imagine, and
unless it smells bad or has something really disgusting stuck to
it, it's always just been left wet outside until it dries. The
legs are bare aluminum and not real pretty nowadays, but it works
about as well today as it did when it was new. Even the other
four "good" tripods have had wet feet a time or two.
It's really admirable to be careful and take care of the gear, but
I think you may be overdoing it just a bit. Sounds to me like it
will be more trouble than it's worth. Besides, I think you're
going to need an anchor, too.
Walt
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:12:54 EST
>I have some PVC pipe I want to paint and wonder if anyone has any
>suggestions on brand, type and color of paint for camouflage?
>
>To cut down on the number of way off topic replies to my OT
>question, I guess I should tell you what I'm doing. I
>occasionally do some photographs of birds, some of which are
>shore birds and taking ones tripods into the salt water
>will ruin it in short order. I've made some tubes out of 1 1/2
>inch PVC pipe and end caps to slide over the tripod legs and keep
>them dry. It is a pretty close fit that is secured at the top
>with duct tape (in this case, perhaps duck tape). They need to
>be some color other than white. I had thought either
>sand or camouflage. Any ideas? Bill Barber
>
>
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