you wrote: > >>>>>A tall enough tripod (I'm 6'4") is very expensive and heavy<<< >> A 3036 is cheap and over 6' without extension or ball head. If you can't carry the 12 lbs it weighs, then stop all this whining and use what ever cheap, light tripod you have and just bend over. After all, anyone who admires Japan as much as you do must be used to it. Dave East Englewood ---------------- Issei Sagawa was once featured on the cover of a Japanese gourmet magazine. - Katherine Ramsland
