Berlebach Mini and Report wooden tripod, for Bird and wildlife watching in the outdoors

[@RecoveringMoth]

cool vid

[@spookycrow1]

:-)

[@larrykent3568]

Awsome video my friend, very educational,

[@spookycrow1]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@larrykent3568]

I remember when you burnt the toast, on the camp grill, to funny freind, but that's the way,I like it, burnt.lol.i also enjoyed that adventure.

[@spookycrow1]

Ah yeah, that BBQ in the woods, that was a bummer lol. Glad it brightens up your day and following up on it, thanks.

[@andyvan5692]

yes, wooden tripods are not as well understood; traditionally used by 8x10" LF camera and larger users, as the weight of these means the wind makes a sail out of them, vibrating the heck out of them, and being leaf shuttered cameras are limited to 1/500th of a second, so can't stop this blur, at least mechanically, like slr's and their curtain shutters can. how wood helps: it resonates differently to metal or carbon-fibre, so a truck rushing by vibrates the wood stick like a musical instrument string, and this dissipates the vibrations (essentially absorbing and transferring this to the air around it); the same is true for surveying theodolites, etc. the vibrations don't do them any good either, another more well known brand is ries Tripods, seen and used by Fred Newman, and others, in their KZbin channels, as these are not systematic tripods like this berlebach, but have an ultra wide 'helicopter pad' for a top plate, so can mount heavy and large 8x10" field cameras without twisting, and giving a large gripping area.

[@spookycrow1]

Well you are may right with most, but not so much about the vibration or weight issues at all. (Ok, carbon made tripods are my an exclusion in weight comparison here) Actually the Berlebach tripods are made out of selected Ash wood (hence the higher price tag) and are widely used with over more than 100 years tradition, specially because of the vibration damping properties of Ash compare to the cheaper metal counterparts, even for Cine work and Astronomical star observing telescopes in their largest and heaviest build models, these are very recommended too. Quite the opposite from metal tripods, which are indeed transferring any rumble right to the top in tho a shutter of a camera. Anyway, in the end it's all getting down to personal favours and budget, on what sort of tripod is being used for what purposes. Berlebach is not the only tripod maker, but the traditional Sachtler Cine tripods are highly sought after, still are highly evaluated even 2nd hand, and that's for good reasons too.