No worries Casil....The thread is yours to hijack The tripod is very cool but so is the ability to do large format prints. I haven't done a lot of tripod work because I've always had crap tripods....Always bought them cheap cos you have to have one Never really used them in the field, mostly for still life flash work. This pod was immediately out in the field because it felt like real equipment rather than something I should have. I'll still handhold a lot of my telephoto stuff but I'm getting more interested of late in macro work which rarely goes in my favor when hand held. I also picked up a cable release for the d700 and now I'm looking curiously at focus rails and extension tubes. There are also about ten grand in lenses on my list......WHEN DOES IT STOP!