I got to really love my old Gitzo #2 ballhead with my Gowland Pocketview (lighter than most 35mm and MF cameras). To each their own -- tho I doubt I would like a ballhead with the 8x10.
I got to really love my old Gitzo #2 ballhead with my Gowland Pocketview (lighter than most 35mm and MF cameras). To each their own -- tho I doubt I would like a ballhead with the 8x10.
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Lemme start over:
Recommendations for lighter weight 3-way heads that'll hold 10lbs. OR a ball-head that has one of those collars to keep everything straight and nice.
Ideally I'd love to walk around with the camera still attached to the head BUT I'd also consider a QR plate that's not one of those 6-sided Bogen ones...
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I leave the digital work for the urologists and proctologists.
If I had cameras that light I would go to the Manfroto 410 geared head. I borrowed one to use under an 8x10 Phillips several years ago, and nothing could have been smoother.
I am one of those who would never put a ball head under a camera larger than 110. They all have serious problems eventually,and usually while the owner is 300 miles from home and 140 miles from a camera store.
The Cube is a fantastic head. Love it for fine adjustments, especially macro. I have no doubt that it is a creative tool helping me get better images easier. All the benefits of a geared head and not very heavy. To me that is worth the cost. I am concerned about getting too much dirt in it. Fot the beach, I have a beater head that I can just scrap if it gets balky.
I know you were expressing doubt, or at least meh-ness over the Gitzo pan-tilt heads, but I have two of them (the 12 series and the 15 series). The 12 series gets used for anything smaller than 8x10, and the 15 series takes the 11x14 through the 14x17. They do a good job, they never fail, and they're light for their size. The other solution I can think of is the Gitzo side-arm ball head that gives you a lot more discreet control over which axis you're changing while still being a compact lightweight ball head. They're available with and without quick release plates, and the plates are square/rectangular so NOT the dreaded Bogen hex plate.
I don't have any problems with ballheads - cause I never ever use them!
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