Majestic Tripod Head Information

[cowanw]

Have you seen this.
https://sites.google.com/view/majesticgearedhead

[cowanw]

Does anyone have a recommended (affordable) quick release system for a Majestic head? I scored one for $25 locally recently which obviously thrilled me, but getting the camera on and off is going to be a pain.

The problem is working the quick release way under the camera bed (assuming a large format camera) The quick release has to be no more than flush to the Majestic plate and to the camera bed. I solved the problem by replacing the tightening screw on the Arca Style adaptor with a long rod and handle threaded to fit and using a 6 inch Arca Swiss plate on the camera.
Probably not affordable!

[cowanw]

Connectivity all depends on what is on the bottom. Could be a regular tripod screw hole and you are good to go; could be a much bigger tubular hole, then you need a tubular rod/adaptor with a screw hole in the bottom. They are very floppy in one dimension, depending on how you set the crank drive ; side to side or front to back; Large format is problematic, frankly.

[Rick A]

S.K. Grimes can make an aluminum adapter to mount the Majestic head to your Bogen tripod. I had a Majestic head some years back, I took it to my local high school metal shop and had a brass adapter machined. It was cheap (IIRC about $15) The shop instructor had a student run it for me.

[Roger Thoms]

This thread shows a typical adapter. https://www.largeformatphotography.i...t-For-Comments

Roger

[Lachlan 717]

This thread shows a typical adapter. https://www.largeformatphotography.i...t-For-Comments

And here: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...light=Majestic


And here: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...light=Majestic

[Thom Bennett]

Glennview offers adapters of all sorts for Majestic: https://glennview.com/tripod.htm

[Dan Dozer]

I got a Majestic head and mounted it on an old Surveyors tripod for my 8 x 20 and it worked fine.