samarth

Folks,

My tripod recently took a spill. Fortunately, there was nothing on the tripod at that

time, however, I did have the ballhead, a Manfrotto 488 RC0 mounted to it. I

immediately unscrewed the ballhead and using a can of compressed air was able

to get a lot of the sand and other grit out of the ballhead. Because of the grease

on the ball I still see sand in the ballhead.

I was wondering if anybody in this group has any pointers on how to go about

unassembling and cleaning the ballhead? Also what would I use to clean the

grease and then what kind of grease should I use on the ball while assembling the

ballhead back?

The same goes for the tripod. The tripod is a Feisol CF-3401. I have been able to

unassemble the tripod however I am not sure of what type of grease I should use

on the threads.

Thoughts and tips on how to go about doing this would be greatly helpful.

Thanks,

Samarth

Folks,

I am new to the world of photography. I recently purchased a Nikon

FM2n and a Nikkor 28mm/2.8 wide angle lens. I am planning to use the

camera both indoors/outdoors, but predominantly outdoors.

Based on what I have been reading, I am really having a difficult

time deciding which lens to buy for outdoors. At one glance, a 70-

210mm zoom seems good because you can go for close up shots from a

large distance (with this lens, the maximum magnification is about

4x) but at the same time the aperture of 4.5-5.6 makes me wonder if

this will be limiting because I will be using slide film (Fujichrome

Velvia 50 and Kodak E100VS).

On the other hand, for indoors, I have no idea how well will this

lens work with the films mentioned above.

Or the other option could be to start building up a collection of

prime lenses.

Any thoughts on this greatly welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Samarth