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Yes.... a little difficult by hand but easy to move with an 8 lb camera. I tried to make sure that the head was never in that position when carrying the camera on my shoulder.
The basic requirement for carry-on for most airlines is that the combined dimensions must be no more than 45" (which is the basis for the often stated 22"x14"x9" carry-on dimension). Most mid-sized tripods are 3-4" in diameter. Assuming a 3.5" diameter, this would leave 38" for the length of the (collapsed) tripod. Hence a 3.5"x3.5"x38" tripod should be OK as a carry-on.
My F-Universalis with a lens and GFX 100S is in that weight class, and not only can I carry it on the tripod with the Cube, I can shake it! OK, I didn't shake it a lot and I did it over a soft landing. But bouncing around on my shoulder would be fine.
You would imagine it wouldn't matter if the tripod was inside my carry-on roller, which is 21" long.
I assume you had issues going through security. This is one of the reasons I don't use a tripod bag
No, I had no issues and I don't use a tripod bag either. The tripod, as I originally stated in my post, was inside of my carry-on bag. They simply asked me to take it out to measure it and I was good to go. I simply brought it up to make people that may travel through NRT aware about this.
Stand corrected, didn't read your post carefully enough. Yes, tripods in either checked luggage or carry-on case could result in a TSA inspection.
Victor, any time you grab a camera you have a lever which gives you more leverage to move.
I almost showed it to my wife the other day to demonstrate top her that my ridiculous tripod and head collection doesn't seem so absurd when compared to others. But I realized before I made that mistake that it would only prove to her it could get worse.This is not even funny. Scary what some of us have already spent on tripods on the never-ending quest for the perfect tripod or tripod set!
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True enough . I belong to "some" of us . I am not counting the money , i spent . I might get sick .
Camera bags surely fall into the same category.
No argument about the legacy. But that legacy has nothing in common with the service I received this week.
I’ve generally been an RRS guy—but I can’t remember seeing a Series 4 anywhere, and RRS seems to have its own production issues—but for LF, I’ve got the XLS Gitzo Systematic 5. She’s a big one and holds my Chamonix 45F-2 like a rock. I will be surprised if either of the wooden tripods did significantly better. But, this isn’t all about performance. At least, not all of it.
Yeah, I didn’t even mention the phone call attempts. Multiple times before I finally reached someone; no one ever actually called me back. Once I reached Spencer, I had a great convo. He knows his stuff.It was a few years ago, but I had a very easy time discussing my options with Ries. I now have a beautiful heavy wooden tripod that I will probably never use without a pack mule.
Sorry to hear that they've dropped the customer service ball.
