On 12 Apr 2004 at 13:54, 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, ....
For exact & precise movements, as well as the priceless feature of self-locking, consider the Manfrotto geared head (3 models available, if you need anything larger see the unobtanium model from Arriflex....:)) http://www.manfrotto.com/product/itemlist.php3?manufid=1§ionid=10 Perhaps also interesting, if you objects demand faster adjustments, is their new quick-release head....basically the same concept as the old one, but not that silly large height (amplifying every vibration). <http://www.manfrotto.com/product/templates/templates.php3?sectionid=8 &itemid=2013> Or from: http://www.manfrotto.com/product/itemlist.php3?manufid=1§ionid=8 -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
