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Steve Smith said:

Perhaps you should start a 'How many tripods do you own?' thread!
Steve.

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Dear Steve,

Nah. There's a lot of historical accident; at least half a dozen gifts; and besides, even though I could probably count my tripods -- I wasn't counting most of the table-top variety -- I can't see any reason to do so.

Cheers,

Roger

Pavel+ said:

.... do you gents use a tripod even around the cities, shooting architecture lets say? Do you ever get hassled for it ....

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Dear Pavel,

Not often, so far. In Paris the gendarme waited until I had the shot of the Arc de Triomphe (on 4x5 inch) before drifting over and telling me that I really ought to have a permit...

Cheers,

R.

Pavel+ said:

Bruce. So do you feel fully confident about the well fed gators?

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The gators of the lower Cape Fear River don't attack my kayak, and the tripod is almost as big as my kayak, so I should be fine, right?

PCAT is Pyrocat-HD-you can find it in the recipes section , or on unblinking eye.com (catechol+phenidone/metol based). Agree with Neopan 400/rodinal tip-have used it many times with 35mm.

Roger Hicks said:

Beware of those who swear by film coated by Romanian virgins at full moon, and processed in a mixture of adder venom and humming-bird blood, because a lot of the time, they're getting good results despite their materials, not because of them.
Cheers,

Roger

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Drat. That's two illusions shattered you've shattered. The other you callously poured cold water over was herding cats which admittedly I was more sceptical about than coating with Romanian virgins.

The epitaph reads: He tried to infect the photographic race with commonsense but found that the species to be infuriatingly resistant at times.

Snake oil rules OK

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