That's the aluminium or carbon version? Sounds like the carbon looking at the price tag of the arca.
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 20:13 Godfrey DiGiorgi, <[email protected]> wrote: > The Hasselblad V-system Zeiss lenses are shockingly accurate on focus > calibration and provide amazing quality. Even the more modest performers > are extremely good performers, which is one of the reasons why I've been a > little baffled when I hear some folks complaining that "...they're just not > sharp enough for the digital backs..." This particular Sonnar 150mm f/4 is > freekin' ancient (made in 1967, pre T* coatings) and has a crack in the > focusing mount … It's too expensive to have it repaired since I can buy a > replacement without any issues for half the cost of repair. But I think > photos like this one show that it is more than just "good enough" to be > useful on the digital back. :) > > The PD Travel Tripod is an excellent quality, ultra-light and > ultra-compact piece of kit given its carrying capacity, height, and > versatility. It holds the Hassy with even the 150 lens and digital back > quite stably enough to be extremely useful, and it's small enough to toss > into my bicycle backpack and not be a burden. The price … while it's not > inexpensive, it's about 2/3 of what my Arca-Swiss Monoball P0 Hybrid *ball > head* costs, never mind a suitable set of legs to hold that head off the > ground. It's one of those things where you actually get what you pay for > and, if you use it enough, you're ahead of the game. :) > > G > — > "My sharpest lens is a sturdy tripod." > > > On Dec 22, 2020, at 10:33 AM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's impressive. And just set the lens to infinity? None of my > > pentax lenses is set at infinity at infinity. Must be the tripod. I > > had my eye on a PD tripod for a very long time, the price tag is my > > only drawback. > > > > > -- > 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.
