CyberDyneSystems
24th of March 2005 (Thu), 11:11
I am now the proud owner of a very nice expensive Gitzo tripod.. that I have ABSOLUTLEY no use for :(
I have to tell you the Gitzo tripod line is the largest and most complex in existance,. and therefore I spent MONTHS researching this as best I can with the ridiculously little amount of information that is available on thisparticular aspect,.. Online,. from vendors,. etc.
Does anyone know how to even get the answer I am looking for, let alone what the answer is?
The QUESTION:
Exactly what tripods will work with the Gitzo Leveling base seen here;
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=166859&is=REG
Gitzos site says it will work with "systematic" tripods. Well if you look on Gitzos sight,. the simply don't lable ANY of there tripods "systematic" any more and I don't think they have for 20 years. Instead they use "Studex"
B&H says it will work with any series 3,4, or 5 tripods. These tripods are also the the ones called "Studex" RRS (where i bought the 1321 leveling base) says the same..
A little research indicates that a series three is a 13XX, four is 14xx and series five = 15xx,.. and that these three series , 3,4, & 5 are all "studex"
And yet,. the shiny new (used) 1312 "Studex" I have just received .. is totally and obviously incompatible with the 1321 leveling base. It does not have a removable base at all. (gitzo sometimes calls it a "base" sometimes and "platform" or a "plate" )
B&H had confirmed this combo would work,. so they don't know,. Gitzos own site says nothing.. and every other source I have tapped says 3,4 or 5, .. ie: 13xx, 14xx, or 15xxx and it will work... "all studex tripods have the removeable plate/base/platform system"
Well my 1312 does NOT have ANY removable plate system,. (even though from the build/design any ophoto will make it LOOK like it has the same plate system as the larger 4 and 5 sereis) ...on my tripod one can ONLY replace the column? No plate.
Then again on gitzo's site I find this;
G349 Circular camera platform for Tripod series 3.
G449 Circular camera platform for Tripod series 4+5.
Suddenly the 13xx series has a different sized platorm,. if so then how can the 1321 base (plate system) work with the 13xx if it works with the different sized 14xx and 15xx?
Not to mention that my particular 13xxx tripod in my living room has no option for a plate at all?
Can anyone shed some light on this ,. or do I have to keep buying Gitzo tripods untill I find one that will work. :( :( :( :(
I have to tell you the Gitzo tripod line is the largest and most complex in existance,. and therefore I spent MONTHS researching this as best I can with the ridiculously little amount of information that is available on thisparticular aspect,.. Online,. from vendors,. etc.
Does anyone know how to even get the answer I am looking for, let alone what the answer is?
The QUESTION:
Exactly what tripods will work with the Gitzo Leveling base seen here;
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=166859&is=REG
Gitzos site says it will work with "systematic" tripods. Well if you look on Gitzos sight,. the simply don't lable ANY of there tripods "systematic" any more and I don't think they have for 20 years. Instead they use "Studex"
B&H says it will work with any series 3,4, or 5 tripods. These tripods are also the the ones called "Studex" RRS (where i bought the 1321 leveling base) says the same..
A little research indicates that a series three is a 13XX, four is 14xx and series five = 15xx,.. and that these three series , 3,4, & 5 are all "studex"
And yet,. the shiny new (used) 1312 "Studex" I have just received .. is totally and obviously incompatible with the 1321 leveling base. It does not have a removable base at all. (gitzo sometimes calls it a "base" sometimes and "platform" or a "plate" )
B&H had confirmed this combo would work,. so they don't know,. Gitzos own site says nothing.. and every other source I have tapped says 3,4 or 5, .. ie: 13xx, 14xx, or 15xxx and it will work... "all studex tripods have the removeable plate/base/platform system"
Well my 1312 does NOT have ANY removable plate system,. (even though from the build/design any ophoto will make it LOOK like it has the same plate system as the larger 4 and 5 sereis) ...on my tripod one can ONLY replace the column? No plate.
Then again on gitzo's site I find this;
G349 Circular camera platform for Tripod series 3.
G449 Circular camera platform for Tripod series 4+5.
Suddenly the 13xx series has a different sized platorm,. if so then how can the 1321 base (plate system) work with the 13xx if it works with the different sized 14xx and 15xx?
Not to mention that my particular 13xxx tripod in my living room has no option for a plate at all?
Can anyone shed some light on this ,. or do I have to keep buying Gitzo tripods untill I find one that will work. :( :( :( :(