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Tried to capture the Milky Way at Joshua Tree last Saturday
My tripod leg snapped in half 10 minutes after sunset, so I had to balance my camera on a cooler and pray. How do you guys handle gear failures when you're hours from home?
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alexk602d ago
Read a guy on another forum who keeps a spare tripod leg in his truck bed at all times.
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smith.anna2d ago
Wait, @alexk60, but what's the actual story behind the guy keeping just one spare leg? Like, did he break one and get stuck hours from home or did he just know he'd eventually lose one? I'm trying to picture the logic here because carrying a full set of spare legs seems way smarter unless he specifically only ever snaps the same leg every time. Did he mention if he's got some kind of weird setup or is he just that dedicated to being prepared for the one specific failure?
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janarivera2h ago
My buddy Steve once drove two hours back to a trailhead because he'd snapped the left rear leg of his tripod and didn't trust any of his other gear to hold steady. He kept saying it was the one that always went first on rocky ground, so he figured why carry three backups when only one ever breaks.
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