On 2 Nov 2005 at 23:01, David Mann wrote: > On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > I have a QR plate on my lens and I generally just screw a QR > > compatible ball > > head on my monopod, but then again I've only got a little lens, > > 300/2.8 > > I wouldn't want to use a ball-head with a 600/4. > > A pan-tilt head would be totally out of place on a monopod. > > A gimbal head might work OK, but I'm leaning towards agreeing with > Cotty's suggestion of not using any head. Once that 600mm is moved > off-centre, the whole monopod system would be in danger of folding at > the pivot point and falling over, especially if the monopod is > leaning. And if it gets the chance it'll eat your fingers in the > process.
I think that you only ever need to use a long lens on a monopod with no facility to alter the tilt once before you understand that it's pretty impractical. I use a Manfrotto ball, it's fine with camera, lens +TCs, just lock the ball tight and lock the QR so it can't be accidentally un-latched off. I'm not at all concerned using a ball head with big glass, but then again I like Benbo tripods too (haven't got one at the moment, stupidly sold it). :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
