I had this Sirui ballhead in my hands last week in the local shop while
waiting for a sensor cleaning. Looks like a very good choice.
Henk
Op 2018-08-27 om 21:37 schreef Mark C:
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
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