On 13/06/2009, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > I never got to like the Benbo's. To me they seemed like a great idea, but in > use I found them fiddly and difficult to set up and adjust, to the point I > just decided they were more trouble than they were worth. The inverted leg > design is good in theory, but in practice I have yet to jam up a tripod leg > due to filth getting into the telescoping sections. > I can see how they would be great for low level work, but I don't think they > would be any better than a Super Clamp with a ball head attached to a > regular tripod leg.
The trick to using Benbos is to not fight them. The idea is to loosen the bolt, guide the boom/camera to the required position and then lock, the legs generally find their own stable position. I have had sand in the lower leg sections cause me grief on my Carbon Manfrotto's, not a nice feeling. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC +10 -- 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.
