At 11:39 AM 4/11/2007, Malcolm wrote: >First off was that my previously sturdy and secure tripod head was no longer! >I found that I was constantly on guard against letting the lens and camera >combo take a fall. Eventually, after perusing the Wimberley, Kirk, and other >websites, and thinking these items are way too pricey for amateur use , I >discovered the Manfrotto (Bogen in the US) head #393. (I paid around 100GBP.)
There is an interesting tripod head from Acratech shown in one of the videos taken at the PMA show with gimble-type action: http://www.imaging-resource.com/EVENTS/PMAS07/PMAS07VIDEO.HTML Scroll down to Acratech. Quoting the page: "Tripod heads: Somehow it always seems you need the other head on the tripod than the one you've got. Not to mention the extra weight of carrying two (or more) heads around with you. Check out these neat tripod heads being shown by Acratech; they serve double duty. One combines a normal ball-head function with slick gimble-type operation, while the other is designed to handle monster super-teles yet also work for direct camera mounting as well. Shawn Barnett talks with Acratech's CEO Scott Derdick, about their new tripod heads for the outdoor photographer." Wayne * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
