>Maybe you should look at Kirk or Wimberly. Perhaps Ken or Bill will jump in >on > this. They've had some experience in this area
A Kirk King cobra or the big Wimberly sell in the $450/600 range. Definitely the first class was to go IMHO - I have the King Cobra & highly reccommend it. Wimberly does sell a cheaper ($250) gimbal head "adapter" The Sidekick http://www.tripodhead.com/products/sidekick-main.cfm that slips into another head to allow the gimbal motion & yet still have a useable head for use with lesser lenses. HTH Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Tripod Head for Bigma - Suggestions/Reccomendations ? >I notice that the 393 is designed for use on a monopod. I think there > are much better choices in Gimbal heads than Manfrotto. Maybe you > should look at Kirk or Wimberly. Perhaps Ken or Bill will jump in on > this. They've had some experience in this area. I have only lusted:-). > On Jan 8, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote: > >> I have recently enabled myself with the Sigma 50-500 and while i'm >> happy with the lens I have come to the conclusion that my current >> tripod head is inadequate for it. So I'm looking for a decent tripod >> head that will handle it. >> >> I am undecided whether to go for a heavy duty ball head such as the >> Manfrotto 468MG >> http://tinyurl.com/23m56t >> http://www.manfrotto.com/webdav/site/manfrotto/shared/_images/ >> Manfrotto/product_images/zoom/468MGRC3.jpg >> >> Or some sort of gimbal mount such as the Manfrotto 393 >> http://tinyurl.com/yq9ac9 >> http://www.manfrotto.com/webdav/site/manfrotto/shared/_images/ >> Manfrotto/product_images/zoom/393.jpg >> >> >> The gimbal head is purpose built for this sort of lens but the ball >> head is more versatile for use with other lenses/setup hence the >> dilemma. >> >> Regards >> >> Patrick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
