I’m glad you liked it. I have the K-40X, which is a bit of overkill, but I feel as though the larger ball gives me smoother motion. Might be all in my head. Amazon has the K-30X for 144.99, and the K-40X for 166.99. The 40X weighs .4 pound more, but with my long lens setup that’s pretty much irrelevant given the weight of everything else.
> On Aug 27, 2018, at 3:37 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Paul. > > Visted the local camera store this afternoon and they =showed me a Sirui > K-30X which looks to be very good. Unfortunately the store was a mess - they > were getting ready to paint the walls and had pulled all the merchandise off > wall displays and piled it up in the aisles. So they were only able to find > the Sirui and a Manfrotto to show me, though more were out there somewhere... > > I'm planning on picking up the Sirui - checking the reviews it looks to be > very good, and has their own safety lock system for AS plates, which > addresses the one minor concern still on my mind. After trying it I realized > that I don't need a lever control, the oversized knob works fine. Overall it > looks like a good ball head at a decent price. > > Mark > > On 8/26/2018 3:12 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I love my Sirui ball head. It’s beautifully engineered and machined. I have >> the Arca mount on it. I used The Manfrotto mount for years, but once I >> became accustomed to the Arca I much preferred it. >> >> Paul >> >>> On Aug 26, 2018, at 2:23 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Henk. I've never used the Arca Swiss system and appreciate your >>> comments. I wondered if there was much difference and it seems that some AS >>> plates have a lip on them that can be mounted against the back of the body, >>> preventing it from rotating on the plate. That feature (which apparently is >>> only on some plates) and the availability of an L bracket for the K1 led to >>> look at Arca Swiss compatible heads. I think I'll take a look at >>> Manfrotto's offerings and see how they stack up. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>>> On 8/25/2018 2:54 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>>> Vanguard is not the way to go in my opinion. >>>> I always had on my tripod a Manfrotto ball head with RC2 quick release >>>> plate on a 323 base plate. >>>> This easily carries my K-1 with a 1.5 kg telelens on a collar. Recently I >>>> bought for flower pics a sturdy mini tripod with ballhead, but this has an >>>> Arca-Swiss plate system. >>>> I found it much easier and safer to mount and unmount the camera on the >>>> Manfrotto RC2 system, even with one hand is possible. >>>> So I got rid of the Arca-Swiss system. Having two systems is bad option. >>>> >>>> Henk >>>> >>>> >>>> Op 2018-08-25 om 19:12 schreef Mark C: >>>>> I'm looking to replace my old Bogen Manfrotto Grip Action ball head >>>>> (3265). The ideal would be a ball head with a load capacity of at least >>>>> 13 lb (the max that the legs it will be mounted on), panning base, lever >>>>> based lock for the ball head (I find knobs to be too fiddly, especially >>>>> wen wearing gloves), arca swiss plate system and reasonably light weight. >>>>> >>>>> It seems that wanting a lever vs knob knocks out a lot of heads. >>>>> Manfrotto has a lot of lever models but they do not use arca swiss >>>>> plates. Really Right Stuff has a few but they are 2x-3x the cost of other >>>>> brands. There is an inexpensive "Vanguard" brand that meets all of my >>>>> requirements, but its a brand I never heard of and is very inexpensive, >>>>> so I have doubts.... >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
