Thanks for your comments, I have to weight the amount invested in any piece of equipment against what I'm getting out of it. I've got to factor in the cost of the tripod as well as shipping (these 2 items to South Africa is $90 shipping), I'd probably a few good years service from the head, write it off over 3 years and replace it if needed.
The other head I looked at was a Acratech Ultimate, but at $320 with shipping, a bit more than I can afford at the moment.... Feroze Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I had the 3265RC2 head before I had the 322RC2. The 322 is much more > stable than the 3265. It also doesn't throw the camera/lens assembly > so far to the side when used in portrait position, has a higher load > carrying capacity, and is more precise on positioning accuracy. > > But as I said in my earlier response, the 322 cannot compete with my > other ball heads with regard to positioning/clamping accuracy. It's > ok, a little too sloppy to use for high precision work. > > (The 322RC2 is my least expensive ball head. I bought it for speed in > the field and ease of positioning, the 468MGRC2 is much more precise > and about double the price; the Kirk BH-1 is about 4x the price and a > far far higher quality ball head.) > > I don't know why I'd try to track a moving subject with a ball head > mount, but if you wanted to do that with the 322, you could set the > grip on the left and use AF with AF-C and pattern AF active. > > Godfrey > > > On May 8, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Feroze wrote: > > >> I've noticed that the grip is off center, seems to work though. Do >> have >> have any of the problems as mentioned by Bob W wrt the grip not >> locking >> properly? >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
