Re: Road Trip (long-ish)

[Herb Chong]

just had to ask. i use my A* 400/2.8 with the 1.7x AF extender and *istD on 
a Wimberley head with a Wimberley P-50 plate. i'd like to replace the 
Wimberley clamp with a Really Right Stuff Lever Lock 2 long clamp, but i 
haven't gotten around to buying the 1/4-20 screws needed. the Wimberley 
clamp uses 3/8 screws and that is all the came in the box. balances 
perfectly because of the long sliding range of the plate. it balances even 
with the AF360FGZ attached. i've also stacked the 1.7X and 2X-L extenders 
just to see what i could get (don't bother).

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax List" <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: Road Trip (long-ish)


Anyway, they got out a full Wimberley atop a Gitzo 1410,
and I got out the 400 with LX and winder. We hefted
it up, slid it back and forth in the clamp a bit, tightened
it down, and loosened the gimbal controls. Oh, crap!
It balanced. Nicely. You really can move your rig around
with one finger. It's easy to see why people who have this
head love it. The Wimberley clamp is a help here: it has
channels in the bed that let the plate safety stops go
almost to the center in either direction. (I understand
that the latest RRS clamp does this, too.)