On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:21:26 -0800, "Calif Bill"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30:10 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Bought one of these today...dunno why...thought it would be good to wrap
a teepee canvas around:

http://www.feisol.net/feisol-threese...ripod-p-1.html

Any other uses you can think of?

Surveyor's Transit?

I have three tripods - one really cheapo that I keep in the truck with
my spare camera and video recorder, a heavy one that I use when I need
solid support (which is very rarely - I'm an impulsive amateur
photographer) and one that I used to use for spotting/scoring when I
was really into long range shooting.

Tripods are great, but they can be a hassle.

What tripod for your spotting scope? I don't like the one I have now as
vibrates.

Couldn't tell you. I got it 40 something years ago when I was on the
inter-service rifle team. It's a bench model about 28" tall when in
tripod mode and built like a tank - like most stuff you get in the
service, totally overbuilt. :)

Some of the local target guys use the Aududon Dimension scopes and
tripods - the tripods seem really sturdy.

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a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes
that it will also make better soup."

H.L. Mencken