Hi Fritz, I finally realized the 3047 is total overkill for my current camera/lens combo. I recently switched to one of Bogen's "3D" heads, the 3025, and find it more flexible, lighter, and a better match for my kit.
With the Bogen 3025 you can reverse your center column and rotate the head so that your camera remains upright but still below the tripod. If you want to get lower, you could make a small depression (depending on where you are) and have the camera mounted below ground level, but angled up and get the earthworm's-eye view of your subject. <g> It's a very nifty head and only about US $25 new, if I remember correctly. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frits wrote: >While I was trying to capture some snow drops (flowers) in a landscape >photograph, I wanted to position my camera very low above the ground level. >My Bogen 3021 can go almost flat (legs spread out fully), but still with the >3047 head the lowest I can do from the ground to the top of the QR plate is >43 cm. I don't like the idea of putting my camera upside down at the bottom >of the mid column. Are there other options? > >Frits W�thrich - 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 .
