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Carabiners
Mar 29 2008, 11:36 AM EDT Folks who do a lot of mountaineering know about carabiners. If you go to your local hardware store, you'll probably see them. The difference between the ones you'd use in the mountains and the ones you'd use in photography are this. In photography, you're not trusting a carabiner to keep you from falling a thousand feet to your death. So, you don't need to spend as much in photography. Why mention these? Well, they are just wonderful things to have handy as they clip things together quickly and securely. They come in different sizes. Most are about $1.00, so the expense is small. I usually have one or two for my camera bags. If nothing else, i have them on my keychain. One day, I was videotaping a school committee meeting for my town. The tripod I was using wasn't the heaviest and most stable. It did have a nice loop for hanging something. I unclipped my carabiner from my keychain, hooked it into the tripod loop, and hung a sand bag there. The tripod became rock-solid. Do you find this valuable? |
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