My goodies. . .

No, this has nothing to do with the curtains. . .

The new tripod & ball head arrived today. Long day, long week, pretty tired so nothing too intense photo-wise. I'm liking the tripod, it is the Bogen 055MF3, I did mess with the center column and put it into the horizontal position (really cool). It is much lighter than I'd expected too.

The Cullman ballhead is pretty beefy. I am so glad that I actually waited on the Quick Release Plates (which are definately needed). It turns out the existing plate comes off pretty easy. I think I can remove it and mount the RRS Quick Release directly to it.

As I expected, the Cullman has a German name, background, etc. It has a Chinese price and a sticker on the box that says "Made in China". It did come with a nice little bag that should protect it.

The Yashica-D makes its way into my PaD for the 3rd day in a row now. I didn't take any photos with it today, I did buy more film for tomorrow though. I have all the legs on the Bogen extended, so the camera is about eye level with me. This is a pretty useless configuration for the Yashica as I am left with nothing but the sports-finder and wouldn't be able to focus from this height. I am not planning on using the Yashica with the tripod all that often (especially if I have to get a special RRS plate too).