"Most of my tripods are over 30 years ... I have acquaintances with similar tripods ... there is surface evidence of “crippling” where the ends of the tubes are deformed because that lateral load on the leg has allowed it to bend just past the elastic limit of the material."
Stated in a reply by "Charles Morris". Not in the actual article "Tripod Stiffness vs. Height".
Would be interesting to know what material, aluminum? Conventional wisdom is that carbon fiber will not undergo plastic deformation.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would put such a load on a tripod that the (aluminum?) legs would get deformed! Surely would have been a very obvious unstable situation.
Stated in a reply by "Charles Morris". Not in the actual article "Tripod Stiffness vs. Height".
Would be interesting to know what material, aluminum? Conventional wisdom is that carbon fiber will not undergo plastic deformation.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would put such a load on a tripod that the (aluminum?) legs would get deformed! Surely would have been a very obvious unstable situation.
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