It's an interesting design. I'd have to work with it a bit to see if it actually worked as well as the description suggests. The compactness is definitely a merit. However, for me, it MUST be fully compatible with standard A-S type plates so I'd need to add a compatible clamp, which ruins the line and makes it less compact.
I tried a similar, if not identical, upside-down ball head (Novoflex Uni-Ball) some years ago. It was cool but turned out to be awkward as all heck in use. I traded it in after a couple of months. G On Oct 1, 2013, at 5:48 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all for the suggestions. > > As I mentioned, I've completely decided on the ball head. I think the > Arca-Swiss p0 (zero) is a brilliant design and I wasn't even aware of > it until yesterday. > Using a full ring instead of a small knob to tighten/loosen the ball > is very glove-friendly (and even mitten-friendly), which is important > here where we definitely get a cold winter season. Also, the "upside > down" design means that level panning is possible (for example, for > stitched panoramas) even when the tripod legs are not level. The > "upside down" design also means that dust, moisture, etc. aren't going > to be pulled by gravity down INTO the ball head socket. And even with > its compact design, the p0 has the typical Arca-Swiss insane weight > capacities (44 lbs, for this model). Even if you cut that in HALF you > are at a very generous 22 lbs which should more than handle anything > you throw at it. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XzqULvCfMM > > No one mentioned the Manfrotto 394, which this guy really likes on the p0: > http://blog.mingthein.com/2013/08/20/review-arca-swiss-p0-monoball/ > (although he states that he "since replaced it with an Arca-style > clamp he found on eBay for about $25. No idea which one that would > be.) > > I see that there is also a third party clamp that appears to be made > for the p0 (in that it is round) but it still accepts the STANDARD > Arca-Style QR's from RRS, Wimberley, Jobu, Arca-Swiss, Kirk, Markins, > etc. Due to the round design, it has to do this with much narrower > clamping surface than normal (presumably the reason why Arca-Swiss > didn't do this themselves and introduced the SlideFix for the p0) - so > that makes me a little leery of it, but the two reviews for it on > Amazon are both 5-stars (small sample set, I know) > http://www.amazon.com/SUNWAYFOTO-Discal-Compatible-DDY-64i-Sunway/product-reviews/B009EIQ41I/ > and this guy seems very pleased with both it and their universal L-bracket. > http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3120618 > -- 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.
