RAM ball? This thing?
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I take a tripod made for a 4x5 and the whole thing doesn't weigh 5 lbs.. To each their own but

When we use to go with six, I remember one wonderful afternoon sitting on the veranda of a site on Buckingham while eating baked laker. The conversation went something like this.

I wonder what the po' folks are doing right now.
It doesn't get any better than this does it.
Plus we're still getting paid.
I'm not.
I wonder what this would this cost in a restaurant?
Probably less than what it cost us...
Ahhh, but the ambiance is priceless.

I wish I had a picture of that better than the one in my head but that would have required effort on my part not to mention spoiling the moment.