While a ball head will give you the ability to change compositions quickly, you might want to check out the Bogen 'Mini Gear' head - great for accurate adjustment of static subject. I use mine more than my Kirk ball head.
-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >Subject: Looking to move up to arca-swiss > >It's funny how true certain truisms are about buying a succession of tripods >until >you finally spend $BIGNUM on the good stuff. > >My attempts at photographing Saturn a few nights ago has prompted me >to switch from my manfrotto plate system and move up to arca swiss. > >I'm considering the Induro BHD3 or BHD2. Any comments or suggestions? >Is there another off brand (benro?) that makes a similar unit that is >just as good, but much less expensive? > >http://www.amazon.com/Induro-BHD3-Ballhead-Black/dp/B002SXMRX0/ >www.amazon.com/Induro-BHD2-Ballhead-Black/dp/B002SXMRWQ > >Question: BHD vs BHL: Right handed versus left handed? > >Also, since I don't have the money to replace all of my heads, >it looks like I can replace the clamp on the ball head that I use >with my monopod with one of these, and keep the same plate on my >camera for both tripod and monopod use. Any warnings, or tales of woe? > > >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0086AJ4AS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0087QK9TG/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > >My heaviest rig, at the moment is the K-5 with either the Bigma 50-500 >or the adaptall 300/2.8 (John knows this lens). I don't anticipate >getting any lenses that are much larger in the near future. I'd probably >get more telephoto image quality for my money buy mounting a Q to the >glass that I already have. > > >-- >Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
