who know about it?

[eduardtoader]

Hello and thanks for enter.

I saw this in a photo market but I dont know anything about it. Do you have used this model? I saw it´s a Gitzo but it doesn´t write any model number. They´re asking 350 euro ( 500 USA dollars ) for it. It´s ok? Is too much money?

I´m looking for a Sinar head for mount my F2 on a Manfrotto 055 but this tripod look very solid. Still I dont know anything about it. Can you help me?

sincerely thanks.

[boris]

hi eduard,
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search...tialSearch=yes
the head ofered is 40 years old. seems to be a good investment
the manfrotto 055 is not appropriate to hold a sinar f2.
cheers, boris

[eduardtoader]

thank you Boris. It´s the same for me. They´re saying here that the barrel lenses are the finest to make portrait photography. I dont know much about Large format gear but I like a lot the sturdy equipment. I feel I can trust more with older gear that carbon fiber or things like that.

The link that you gave me - it´s not the same model.

Anybody used this?

[Lachlan 717]

The Manfrotto 055 (metal) will support at least 7kg (approx. 15lbs).

I have no issue with mounting a Horseman L-Series with a big brass lens on mine.

[eduardtoader]

I´have the F2 on 055 now but I can make any angle movement. It´s mounted on the tripod only because still I´m waiting a Peli case for it and until then, I dont want to keep the camera on the floor. Basically, still I can use this camera on all its movements. I dont know about the Manfrotto advice but I think that 055 tripod can hold in very good condition up to 10 kg.. I´ve submerged this 055Manfrotto 1 metter in rivers, snow and anothers soft elements with a Digital camera (1,5 kg) and I haven´t any problem. I like a lot Gitzo equipment but 055 is a middle range serious tripod.

Still I´m waiting for someone have use this Gitzo ¿vintage? tripod.

[Frank Petronio]

That looks like a vintage #2-series tripod, it would be over-priced by 4-5x at $500. And marginal for a 4x5 Sinar. Go larger.

[Drew Wiley]

That Gitzo rig will easily hold an F2 steady, simply because it is so easy to balance a Sinar rail. But if it were me I'd simply mount the Sinar rail holder directly to the legs and omit the pan/tilt head altogether, unless you need to shoot straight down. That
way it will be even more steady. But the price seems rather steep. If I was spending
that kind of money for something used I'd want carbon fiber.

[Brian Ellis]

thank you Boris. It´s the same for me. They´re saying here that the barrel lenses are the finest to make portrait photography. I dont know much about Large format gear but I like a lot the sturdy equipment. I feel I can trust more with older gear that carbon fiber or things like that.

The link that you gave me - it´s not the same model.

Anybody used this?

A "barrel lens" is just a lens without a shutter. The presence or absence of a shutter by itself has nothing to do with being good or bad for portraits. They perhaps are thinking that a lens without a shutter will automatically be an old lens (which isn't necessarily true) and that old lenses are better for portraits (which also isn't necessarily true).