Thanks Paul.
Visted the local camera store this afternoon and they =showed me a Sirui
K-30X which looks to be very good. Unfortunately the store was a mess -
they were getting ready to paint the walls and had pulled all the
merchandise off wall displays and piled it up in the aisles. So they
were only able to find the Sirui and a Manfrotto to show me, though more
were out there somewhere...
I'm planning on picking up the Sirui - checking the reviews it looks to
be very good, and has their own safety lock system for AS plates, which
addresses the one minor concern still on my mind. After trying it I
realized that I don't need a lever control, the oversized knob works
fine. Overall it looks like a good ball head at a decent price.
Mark
On 8/26/2018 3:12 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I love my Sirui ball head. It’s beautifully engineered and machined. I have the
Arca mount on it. I used The Manfrotto mount for years, but once I became
accustomed to the Arca I much preferred it.
Paul
On Aug 26, 2018, at 2:23 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
Thanks, Henk. I've never used the Arca Swiss system and appreciate your
comments. I wondered if there was much difference and it seems that some AS
plates have a lip on them that can be mounted against the back of the body,
preventing it from rotating on the plate. That feature (which apparently is
only on some plates) and the availability of an L bracket for the K1 led to
look at Arca Swiss compatible heads. I think I'll take a look at Manfrotto's
offerings and see how they stack up.
Mark
On 8/25/2018 2:54 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:
Vanguard is not the way to go in my opinion.
I always had on my tripod a Manfrotto ball head with RC2 quick release plate on
a 323 base plate.
This easily carries my K-1 with a 1.5 kg telelens on a collar. Recently I
bought for flower pics a sturdy mini tripod with ballhead, but this has an
Arca-Swiss plate system.
I found it much easier and safer to mount and unmount the camera on the
Manfrotto RC2 system, even with one hand is possible.
So I got rid of the Arca-Swiss system. Having two systems is bad option.
Henk
Op 2018-08-25 om 19:12 schreef Mark C:
I'm looking to replace my old Bogen Manfrotto Grip Action ball head (3265). The
ideal would be a ball head with a load capacity of at least 13 lb (the max that
the legs it will be mounted on), panning base, lever based lock for the ball
head (I find knobs to be too fiddly, especially wen wearing gloves), arca swiss
plate system and reasonably light weight.
It seems that wanting a lever vs knob knocks out a lot of heads. Manfrotto has a lot of
lever models but they do not use arca swiss plates. Really Right Stuff has a few but they
are 2x-3x the cost of other brands. There is an inexpensive "Vanguard" brand
that meets all of my requirements, but its a brand I never heard of and is very
inexpensive, so I have doubts....
Any thoughts?
Mark
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