I am struggling to catch up here, having had a week away from the PC, so deleting many posts. Havent a clue what has gone on here over Xmas, but I hope all had a good one!
In terms of stable, I look at this from a slightly different angle. I have an RC plate for every body I have, and it never leaves the body. That way I can screw it on effing tight and rely on the camera not twisting if the tripod is tilted sideways. If you screw the body on in the field, you are asking for it to come loose at some point if you move it around a lot. Sooner or later you wont tighten it enough. The manfrotto QR comes with a little clip which stops the release opening when mounted too. I like the fact that I can have different films and or lenses for different bodies and just switch in seconds using the QR. One thing I would say about the manfrottos is that they get VERY cold on bare skin if you are carrying them outside. I recomment some 'leg-warmers' or a sling. The nature version of the tripod comes with leg warmers and retractable spikes on the feet which are good too. I have both the 455 (or 055PRO or whatever it is now) for serious photography and a little 190NAT for portability. The 455 gets a bit eavy over long distances, and the 190 is really pretty good for its size. The new sideways mounting centre columns are better than mine because they are not circular - this stops the problem I have where mine twists too easily when mounted sideways. Also someone was asking about the leg levers. These have been changed several times over the years aas they have almost always been regarded as the weak point of manfrottos. First they added a tightening screw, then they changed it to an allen bolt or something and clipped a tool onto the legs to allow you to do it in the field, and not they have modified that design again as there was some further problem. The Uk distributor was issueing free lock upgrades when the new version came out 4-5 months ago, havent got their details to hand though... > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 December 2002 11:01 > To: Pentax List > Subject: OT: To RC or not? (was: Re: OT: Tripod > recommendations please) > > > >> I'm not keen on the RC facility though > >> (308RC) as I tend to mount the camera on the sticks and > that's it - it > >> stays like that until I'm done for that session. I guess > balls aren't > >> that bad, LOL. > >> > >> Any final thoughts before I hunt for the best price? > > > >There is also a 308 which has no RC :-) > > G'day Rob, > > Yeah, so it seems: to RC or to RC, that is the question. > > My feeling is that I want something as stable as possible > with the least > amount of chance regarding camera-to-tripod accidental seperation > protocols engaging ;-) > > I can see that RC (or QR as the Americans prefer - BTW what does 'RC' > mean??) has advantages regarding speed of setup, but where > speed is not > an issue, is it better to RC or not? Cost difference is nominal, so I > would go one way or the other... > > What are your thoughts please? > > Cotty (but you can call me Bruce to avoid confusion) > > (Second thoughts, better not) > > ____________________________________ > Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at > http://www.macads.co.uk/ > ____________________________________ > Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! > http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ > ____________________________________ > >
