With big glass, a ball head is a bad choice. If you must have the option of using other lenses, go with a heavy-duty three-way head, like the Bogen/Manfrotto 3047. But I would opt for the gimbal here. What does the Manfrotto 393 sell for? I'd like to have one myself for my A400/5.6. On Jan 8, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote:
> I have recently enabled myself with the Sigma 50-500 and while i'm > happy with the lens I have come to the conclusion that my current > tripod head is inadequate for it. So I'm looking for a decent tripod > head that will handle it. > > I am undecided whether to go for a heavy duty ball head such as the > Manfrotto 468MG > http://tinyurl.com/23m56t > http://www.manfrotto.com/webdav/site/manfrotto/shared/_images/ > Manfrotto/product_images/zoom/468MGRC3.jpg > > Or some sort of gimbal mount such as the Manfrotto 393 > http://tinyurl.com/yq9ac9 > http://www.manfrotto.com/webdav/site/manfrotto/shared/_images/ > Manfrotto/product_images/zoom/393.jpg > > > The gimbal head is purpose built for this sort of lens but the ball > head is more versatile for use with other lenses/setup hence the > dilemma. > > Regards > > Patrick > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
