On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:54:47 -0700 (PDT), Alex Z wrote: >I'm using currently the commonly known Manfrotto 141RC pan/tilt head on >my 3021. >However I'm beginningg to be really pissed of with this one. Once using >my EOS-3 (with recently purchased PB-E2) and 70-200/2.8L it always >tends to shift no matter how hard I tight the locks. Once the setup is >even a few degrees off the central balanced position to either side - >leaving it alone after careful positioning always leads to undesired >shifts ruining the composition. Also, the precise fine tuning of the >composition is not easy task with this head due to not even movements >(it cannot be moved fluently and smothly enough). > >I'll be considering replacing it with another pan& tilt head of good >quality, however the only good heads I'm continuing to hear around are >ball-heads. > >The question si whetyher someone here knows and can recommend a cood >pan&tilt heards adquate for my stuff: EOS-3 + PB-E2, 28-70/2.8L, >70-200/2.8L, 550EX, .... > >Regards, Alex >
Hi Alex You have to watch the ball heads too. I was using a Manfrotto 352rc ball head and was getting similar "undesired shifts" no matter how hard I tightened it. I switched to a 486rc2 ball head recently and it's much better. It seems like Manfrotto's "load specs" generally apply when the load is centered over the ball head. I'm using an Elan7e & battery pack with a 100-400L Rob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
