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So it has the option for a leveling base? Why did you have to tell me that :facesmack::banghead::grin::grin:The Triopod Pro75 also has a leveling base. I *so* don't need it, but GAS and need are total strangers. Even worse, it would be the gateway drug to a larger, heavier, and much more expensive system.
(I bought La Marzocco espresso cups so that I would HAVE to get the GS/3 to go with them)
--Matt
Obviously a small demographic within the photo community. What a generous service...
Jesus guys, I almost went blind from looking at those prices.....and I thought RRS was expensive
Its a tough job but I feel privileged to help Don & Ken here
One thing about the German / Swiss guys is that they are very proud of their gear and need the prices to sustain the quality of life in their countries. I’m always happy to pay a reasonable price for quality and the associated reason for it. I have a big problem with cheap Chinese knock offs that ultimately help nobody other than the owner of the company.Jesus guys, I almost went blind from looking at those prices.....and I thought RRS was expensive
AND you can collect all the different leg sets. I did that with their smaller triopod.Jesus guys, I almost went blind from looking at those prices.....and I thought RRS was expensive
They help the photographers who wouldn't be able to afford such gear otherwise.
The problem with cheap is that it is always a race to the bottom. As a supplier of services (my self) this is NEVER a good thing. Eventually the good guys are priced out and innovation stops.
It's certainly a double edged sword, but one can argue: "What good is innovation if the majority of the photographers can't afford your stuff?" What good is quality if it's not affordable? It can be argued that the cheaper products bring these technologies to the masses to be used to produce good art.
There is no right answer to this without specific numbers. It's like saying: "Do you prefer to have quality bread or people starving?" The answer is that I want good quality bread and I don't want people staving. The same goes for these types of products: I want the high quality of the Arca Swiss at prices that most photographers can afford. How to do it is way beyond the scope of this discussion, but that would be the ideal scenario.
There is a big difference between mediocre quality and low cost and reasonable quality affordability. It doesn't have to be either high quality super expensive or complete trash super cheap. There is definitely a market for the reasonably affordable.
Maybe if workers were paid for their value rather than thought of as costs to control to lower prices, those workers could eat cake too. Just a thought...
Sure, but that's getting into the "how", which is way beyond the scope of this discussion. It's inevitably political and it deals with policy and perhaps even the way that our society is organized and its value set. That's a huge topic, which I'm not prepared to tackle.
