So, just picked up a Calumet 8x10. It's much heavier than I thought it would be (19# w/o lens).
No match for my Manfrotto 405 geared head which is rated at 11#.
I used to have Majestic heads in the past but, I don't think they will mate with my bogen/manfrotto tripods.
I would like, obviously to have a geared head but, even the Manfrotto 410 is only rated at around 16#.
What am I missing out there??
Manfrotto 400
There are some models of Majestic that work with "regular" 3/8" screw tripods, others can be adapted
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Whoa! the Man 400 looks awesome but is $upper.
Originally Posted by asf
New they are ridiculously expensive but there are good deals on used ones out there
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The A250-2 will More than support your Calumet.
Which Calumet is it? A monorail Cambo or C1 flatbed? I believe Majestic does have a mounting cylinder available with 3/8 thread on the bottom, don't know how stable that would be.
Jon
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Hi Jon. It's of the C1 variety.
Before anyone suggests it an Arca Cube will not be sufficient
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I had a green monster version of the Calumet 8x10, and my conventional Linhof pan tilt head on the twin shank Linhof tripod seemed it was not stiff enough to prevent it from vibrating when walking in the living room, so needed to go to something stiffer and with less distance between the camera and tripod (i.e. lower profile).
I went to a Linhof Kardan head which works on the same principle as the Reis Planohead. Other options would be the heavy duty Gitzo low profile heads.
Linhof Kardan head I currently use for the Deardorff V8, and Korona 8x20 Panoramic View:
Hope that helps,
Len
Thanx Len. Never would have thought about Linhof. That setup looks good. Thanx!
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