wyverndude Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 This is a scan from the actual instructions I recieved with my Manfrotto tripod head. I thought this was hilarious, so I figured I'd share it with all and sundry here. <P> I tried to post this in the (more appropriate) Camera Equipment forum, but that forum won't allow an inline image, without which, this post would be pointless...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbq Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hahaha ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthumbs Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 There use to be an ad in photo magazines a few years back in which an executive of the company was sitting on top of a tripod with the legs fully extended to demonstrate how strong it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone nomad Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 You mean I can't sit on my tripod?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob fowler Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 A few years? I remember seeing those ads with Lester Bogen on top of a 3040 back in the early 70's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_white2 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 You mean I can't sit on my tripod?????????? Sure you can. All you need is a threaded socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygzr Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Sure, but us Americans have to use the 1/4" thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec1 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Kevin, should we read something into the fact that the Europeans must use 3/8"? Frankly, I think it is quite appropriate! If not larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 You have misunderstood this,they arent telling you not to sit on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob fowler Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 OK, I have to confess a sin... A number of years ago, my wife and I were remodeling our kitchen. When we were hanging the upper cabinets, a particular corner cabinet was giving us problems. Liz is a lot smaller than I am and couldn't quite hole the cabinet in place against the wall so I could attach it. I got my Bogen 3036 tripod and used it as a support on one side, Liz on the other, and got the cabinet hung on the wall. The geared center column made all the difference, just crank it up into position... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger krueger Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Yup, I've used my Bogen 3058 as a jack a couple of times too... just last weekend I had a closet rod fall, and it took out the shelf bracket for the shelf above it, making the shelf bow seriously, but not fail. When replacing the bracket it was easier to just jack the heavily loaded shelf back into place than it was to unload it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad_jarvis1 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I needed a jack yesterday to change the brake rotors on my Honda. How silly of me to use an auto scissor jack; I could have used my Bogen. The things one learns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_h._hartman Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Perhaps there has been a decline in the strength and quality of Bogen/Manfrotto tripods since Lester Bogen is no longer testing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone nomad Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Maybe he's gained some weight and now exceeds the maximum load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark pav Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Heh. :) This leads to that important philisophical question: how many photographers can dance on the head of a tripod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friedemann_pistorius Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 ...or, how many tripods can you place on a photographers head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciano_capitanio1 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 There is this one too: a 8-10 years old girl on the top of the Linhof Gigant Tripod 003460 (more than 2,5 meters tall !). It's an advetisement of the middle of the '80s.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy1 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 a little too much contrast and the highlights are a little too blown out for my taste.<br> ooooppps.. wrong forum ;). <p> I bought a bogen head this month and also found that little picture pretty funny, i hope they didn't use any animals to reach this conclusion :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_michaelski Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 When I first got my Bogen/Manfrotto 117, I set it up on carpet, with the center post all the way down and the legs at about a 60 degree angle. I then out my hands on the center post, padding the center screw with some cardboard, leaned forward and proceeded to lift myself off the carpet. Only stayed up there about five seconds before my arms got a little shaky - but that's another story - tripod now used with an A-S B-1 and it's just fine. PS, I weigh 100 kilos! True story! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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