tripod in water? what to do?

this morning for the first time I used my tripod in fairly deep water which put the levers under water and I got water in the legs

got me darn wet as well, my boots were shorter than I thought, got my rear soaked as well, the water is darn cold lol

so a few questions

1) is this going to make the inside corrode over time?
2) should I avoid the water with it?
3) is there some model that is better for use in the water?

its a Manfrotto aluminum tripod

Easy solution. Get some PVC pipe from the local Home building store, hardware store. Cut off about 2 foot long pieces. Buy pipe that has an I.D. big enough to slip over the tripod legs. Glue a PVC cap on one end of the 3 sections of pipe. Slip the pieces of pipe over your tripod legs and now you can stand it in mud, water, sand, snow without the legs getting dirty.

hmm this might be a good idea, I will measure up what diameter I need and go grab some

The aluminium is probably anodised the same as boat masts, I never worried about my mast getting wet and that was salt water as well so I wouldn't worry to much.

ok I would have to use 2" piping to get it up around the tripod leg locks

dooh this is going to add a ton of weight

Dry Pod waders are what you want.

http://www.rjwiley.smu​gmug.com …437_qX76L#49661​6519_UvWSb

sweet I like that solution, thank you very much I just sent them an email on it

I have never thoght of that idea with the PVC. great

ordered the kit, that will solve this problem

Maxis Gamez posts in the birds forum and he has that picture of his posted in the what we look like thread. They look like they would work.

yup I think so, Rod already shipped them out this afternoon awesome

gasrocks wrote in post #7806263
Easy solution. Get some PVC pipe from the local Home building store, hardware store. Cut off about 2 foot long pieces. Buy pipe that has an I.D. big enough to slip over the tripod legs. Glue a PVC cap on one end of the 3 sections of pipe. Slip the pieces of pipe over your tripod legs and now you can stand it in mud, water, sand, snow without the legs getting dirty.

ABS pipe may work well, too. It is lighter than PVC. It is also a flat black, which would not stand out so much as the white PVC. Keep in mind that i takes a different glue than the PVC pipe.

Maybe three plastic garbage bags and elastics? Light cheap and very portable. You might have to put something on the feet to keep them from poking through.

mpoole wrote in post #7820668
Maybe three plastic garbage bags and elastics? Light cheap and very portable. You might have to put something on the feet to keep them from poking through.

that is pretty much the poor mans version of this http://www.rjwiley.smu​gmug.com/galle...96616​519_UvWSb

this is a better solution imo but I guess I have not used either yet so I cant say for sure. I will probably test it out this weekend and then I will post back my findings

hey, Tekkie - just curious . . . what is it you're photographing in deep water? Ducks? Also, when you're out in the water, what do you use as a blind - I mean, how do you conceal yourself from skittish subjects?