I'm in a quandary. I have a newly acquired Cullmann Titan tripod with Cullmann CT-50 pro ballhead and its integral quick release system. I also have a Cullmann Titan monopod that I've been using for about two years with one of two rapid-action Manfrotto/Bogen heads: The 3229 "flip" head designed for monopods, and the popular 3265 trigger-action ballhead.
To keep my pro system tripod "all Cullmann," I've decided to switch over to the Cullmann QR system, but here's the problem: That means I'd have to give up my beloved Bogen heads on the monopod. Or does it? Cullmann sells a QR base that can be screwed in to a Bogen QR top plate. In this way, I could use Cullmann QR plates atop a Bogen head. In fact, I used a similar technique below the Bogen head: The Cullmann QR base is integral with the Cullmann monopod, so I've inserted a Cullmann QR plate, then screwed the Bogen head into the plate. What I propose to is sandwich the Bogen head between Cullmann quick release systems below and above. Alternatively, if Bogen makes a separate QR base, I can anchor it atop my Cullmann QR ballhead and stay with the Bogen QR system, which I never felt comfortable with it has a distinct "front" and "back" face, which I get wrong half the time. I wouldn't have to go through these gyrations if Cullmann made a clever rapid-action head like the two Bogens, but they don't. They do make an affordable ballhead (CT-905, 380 g), but I feel that a monopod deserves a faster-acting head than a standard ball. Has anyone else wrestled with this dilemma? What compromise did you reach: 1. Forgo your preferred QR to use the preferred head? 2. Forgo your preferred head to use your preferred plate? 3. Use a sandwich system as I'm proposing to "have it all"? 4. Use Brand A QR + head on one tripod, Brand B on another? 5. Something I haven't thought of? Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
