On Dec 9, 2005, at 4:56 PM, William Robb wrote:
I had one of those. It was what I learned to hate ballheads with.
It was the crankiest piece of equipment I have ever owned. Mine had
a badly cast ball, I think, and it froze to the socket after
sitting for a while.
I never did find a grease that would make it work, and I spent a
good long while polishing the ball and socket smooth as well.
I take it some of them work properly?
Mine works OK but it's never seen anything bigger than a 400/5.6.
The only problem I have with it is that if I rotate the rig left/
right, the friction catches the locking lever so it ends up locking
itself. But that's quite easy to work around... just hold the lever
open :)
I only use mine on the monopod and most of the time I just leave the
ball unlocked.
- Dave
