This is all very informative and highly analytical. Being an engineer myself, and having ridden many bicycles over the years fitted with both aluminium forks and carbon fibre forks, I fully agree that CF has far superior vibration damping properties. But can someone explain to me why my CF tripod is far more prone to picking up wind induced vibration than my (very cheap) aluminium one?
If ever I want to take pictures during an earthquake I'll use the CF one, if I want to take pictures on a windy day, I'll use the ally one.
Duncan
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