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However, I'm touching wood as I write this, but
I've not yet had the unfortunate look to have any of my "tapes"
freeze up on me. I've read here on the
internet of guys who have had their tapes just freeze up on them, which in turn
makes the tape brittle and smash into millions of bits. Not only that but I've also read about other
lads having water freeze inside their cameras, thus causing permanent damage to
their camera equipment. So how did the
water get in their cameras in the first place?
Answer: CONDENSATION!!!!!!
I recently invested in a brand new Video Tripod
and it was on the 19th January 2013 that I decided to test this brand new bit
of kit of mine out.
The conditions I was testing this kit out in were
ideal. Let me explain this, my tripod
has a lanc remote commander built into its handle, thus making this kit part of
the "Electronics" family. And
as the conditions outside on this day was very extreme i.e. Cold, Snow, Icy,
Windy etc... Then I wanted to see if the
"Electronics" in my new remote control tripod was up to working
within these kinds of conditions?
From my past experience, then I know that some of
my other equipment can handle these kind of extreme conditions, it's just the
"batteries" that I have found that have a very hard time with regards
to trying to power the cameras, remote controls etc... I have noticed on a few occasions that the batteries
have refused to power anything, but I have also noticed that after I have
warmed the batteries up, then hey presto the batteries power my equipment
again.
But moving on then, what about my new KamKorda
KTR1 Tripod then... how did that perform on the day? The answer is that my new KamKorda KTR1
Tripod handled the extreme conditions better than what I expected it would
do. As a matter of fact I enjoyed
working with this Tripod so much, that I thought that I was operating a brand
new camcorder altogether, instead of my beloved Sony A1E.
The KamKorda KTR1 combined with my Sony A1E
Camcorder just gave me so much more control over the capure of my images. Even
though I was wearing big thick thermal insulated gloves at the same time too,
but this did not stop me from having 100% full control over the operation of my
camcorder thanks to the much welcomed oversized remote commander that is built
into the KR1's Tripod Handle.
Yes, the KTR1 is light, but at the same time it
still stands up pretty well to the wind.
However I did have at one point an easterly blown gale which threatened
to blow over both the KTR1 and my Sony A1E, but with a simple placement of my
index finger on the KTR1 Tripod then this prevented the wind from getting what
it so much desired. The KTR1 extends to
a very high height of 165 cm to be exact, but this is a height that I my-self
don't think that I will ever be working at, but if I do work at this height
with the KTR1 then I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to use ladders at the
same time, as I'm far to small to look down the EVF (Electronic View Finder)
when the KTR1 is at it's max height of 165 cm.
So to finish with would I recommend the
KamKorda KTR1 to any one? The
Answer: Yes, It’s a great video tripod for any videographer to work with.
