Cleaning a Gitzo or RRS Tripod
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Maintaining the gear you've invested in is important. See how to pull apart a collar style tripod leg lock and give it a thorough cleaning.
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Great use of the hotel towel lol! Very helpful- thank you very much.
Make sure the side slots on the end clip align with the 2 raised ribs on the inside of the tube its going in to
I've got all equipment needed to start cleaning my Gitzo, except for a hotel towel... ;)
hehehe was just thinking.....shuffled bed ....mmmm ok yeah grease up the white towel...shameless indecency
That helped me today with my tripod, thanks!
Great vid, thanks
Super helpful, thank you!
Excellent! Exactly what I needed to know, nice demo!
Thanks so much for this video. I'm just back from my first trip to the beach with my Gitzo. I took the legs apart to clean them and some plastic bits fell out and I couldn't figure out how to put them back. So thanks for this video...it helped a lot. :-)
I'm glad it helped!
Dude. You used the Hotel’s towel. Not good.
Great video, super efficient and simple. :)
Thanks Chris!
I wish you added cleaning one of the connected larger diameter legs. Do you keep the smaller leg inserted into the larger diameter leg when you clean the larger leg?
Thank you!!!
any tips if the threaded fastener is stuck on the leg as you try to pull it out?
Haha almost managed to balance the tube around 5:00.
Does your Gitzo ballhead friction knob turn anti clockwise to tighten? Mine does and It bugs the hell out of me.
I actually use a ballhead from a company called Acratech. Incredibly well-built and lightweight for their abilities. They rotate the "correct" way. 😂
A couple of my legs won't lock anymore. Would cleaning them fix that?
Not necessarily. One possibility is that the little plastic collar may have broken, not allowing the tension to lock them down.
@@lightsourcejourneys Yeah, that is what I am actually thinking at this point.
@@lightsourcejourneys Thans. I just ordered a replacement part. That's what I think it is too.
@@AVisceralLife That's the great thing about Gitzo, you can usually get a replacement part from them easily and relatively inexpensively. Same with Manfrotto.
@@lightsourcejourneys Yeah, I got it today and now it works great!!
Just got my gt4543lsus. As I was unpacking it and twisting the locks. One of the locks came undone - the lowest one - and will not go back. It's not like the one shown in your demo. Do you have any idea? It is new.
Anthony Amos , it should be a similar one or two piece similar to the one in the video. Either way, one or two piece, the process is the same. Good luck!
My tripod locking system is missed. How I can buy new part of this tripod.
Monish noor your beat bet is to contact the manufacturer.
are you using the hotel-provided towel? come on, man.