The trek-pod is heavier than a trail pole (32 vs 8 oz) and looks shaky.
I wish there were a dinkus with a ball head on top and holes at angles
around the bottom to screw onto two or three hiking poles to form a bipod
or tripod.
Maybe drill & tap a small ball head? Or weld/braze some wide knurled
"tripod nuts" to it?
tOM
On 27 Feb 2006 at 13:50,
Cletus Lee <cletus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The standard camera mount is 1/4 - 20.
> I just purchased this free-standing Trek-Pod. The camera attaches with a
> strong magnet and is quickly & easily removable. With the legs collapsed, it
> functions as a regular wakling stick or Mono pod
> http://www.trek-tech.com/products/index.php
>
> I purchased a second magnetic head to use with my h/b RAM Mount for my
> touring camera.
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:40:14 -0500 (EST), boyd wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Steve Sisson wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I believe that would me a monopod. But certainly useful
> >> photography aid - light weight and
> >> multi-purpose.
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________________________________
> >> ______________________________
> >> From: boyd <boyd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: tOM Trottier <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> CC: touring@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [bicycle] Re: ultra light tripod
> >> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:31:07 -0500 (EST)
> >>> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, tOM Trottier wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Current aluminum hiking staffs often have a tripod screw
> >>>> under the top.
> >>>>
> > I think he meant they have the same kind of bolt (10-24?) that is
> > used to mount cameras to tripods, hence 'tripod screw.' I looked
> > them up and they do look interesting. I used a monopod with a 10-24
> > bolt on it to support my medium format camera when I took it
> > backpacking. There is an issue of the length of the bolt since, for
> > many small cameras today the socket is plastic and the camera would
> > be damaged if you screwed it down on too long a bolt.
> >
> > Mark <http://www.cs.unca.edu/~boyd/bicycling.html>
> >
> >>>> They are also sturdy, lightweight, collapsible, and can even
> >>>> be used for sking, eg, see Cabela's for $50.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> And they can be used in place of the pole on a tarp tent ;-}.
> >>>
> >>> Mark <http://www.cs.unca.edu/~boyd/bicycling.html>
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