Charles,
I have this same tripod (I love it--but watch out, you might lose the
little rubber feet in a creek or whatever. I superglued mine on after
losing one. Bogen was kind enough to replace it no charge.) and I found
that Velbon's smallest magnesium ballhead works beautifully with it. It
is only around $60 and it is very, very solid (surprisingly so, for such
a small head). It can hold my eos-3 with 70-200/2.8 or 28-70/2.8
without slipping even when I sling the whole rig over my shoulder. It
is a bit of an odd design without a separate panning lock (panning and
ball loosens with one lever). The best part is it only weighs 6 oz.
This head is really a wonder and matched about perfectly with this
particular tripod. If you want a bit bigger head, check out the next
one up the line. The little one is model PH-253 if I remember
correctly. Mail me if you have any questions.
Mike
Charles Soper wrote:
>
> I've pretty much decided to get the Bogen 3444 Carbon Fiber Tripod
> legs. They weigh about 3.6 Ibs. and I'm really tired of carrying a
> heavy tripod around. I'm not sure what kind of head to get. It would
> defeat the purpose to put a big heavy head on a lightweight tripod.
> The Bogen 3413 proball looks good and weighs about 1 or 1.2 lbs., but
> I was hoping to get something even lighter possibly a Magnesium ball
> head. Does anyone have any recommendations? By the way, the heaviest
> lens I have is a light compact Canon 70-200mm f4. My body is a A2E.
> Thanks for any help.
> Charles
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