I use a Bogen/Manfrotto 3047 three-way tilt head. It's rock solid, and I believed rated at 30 pounds or more. I use it with long glass on my car shoots. It was also my main head when I was shooting with the 6x7 -- sometimes with a 300 mm lens and 2X converter. It's solid and allows the kind of accurate framing I need for my work. It also has bubble levels, which are more handy than the caner's digital level. I don't know if it's still in production. I saw one on ebay when I googled the part number: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bogen-Manfrotto-3047-Tripod-Monopod-Head-great-condition-/200808300847?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec11b812f
On Sep 6, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm shocked that I haven't been deluged with suggestions, not to mention a > list of every tripod head that people have owned since 1964. > > I've been continuing to do research > > Here's one that is rated at 11lbs, so it's probably a little sturdier, and it > has a wider range of motion and is only $70, the 391rc2: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/602409-REG/Manfrotto_391RC2_391RC2_Junior_3_Way_Pan_Tilt.html > > > If I were looking at ball heads, I'd be tempted by 327rc2: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?sku=680140&Q=&O=&is=REG&A=details > > I suspect, however, that if I wanted substantially better performance than > what I have, I'd need to go to another quick release system and therefore > replace both ball and pan-tilt heads. > > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> I've got a couple of Manfrotto ball heads, and a three axis head, a >> Manfrotto 804RC2. One nice thing about them all is that they all use the >> same quick release plate, of which I have something like half a dozen now, >> allowing me to just have them mounted on both bodies and a couple of my >> longer lenses. >> >> For the most part, they work fine. However, for particularly heavy lenses, >> or long exposures, they are not as rock solid steady as I'd like. Also, if >> I adjust them using the bigma, I have to account for some inevitable droop. >> Likewise, I can never get quite as much angle above the horizon as I'd like >> with the three axis head. >> >> It being my birthday in a few hours (Bong being in Manilla, it is already >> his, Happy Birthday Bong), I could rationalize spending a bit of money on a >> better tripod head. I understand that there is effectively no limit to how >> much money that you can spend on a tripod head, but there are incremental >> improvements in quality. Doing a quick search, it looks like the 804RC2 >> goes for about $65. Also that it seems to be called a pan-tilt head. >> >> When I'm doing landscape work, I like the pan-tilt heads better than ball >> heads because I can adjust one angle, then fine tune another, and don't have >> to worry about losing all three adjustments when I want to fine tune one of >> them. What I'd like is: >> a) a pan-tilt head, >> b) that is significantly steadier/sturdier than the 804RC2 >> c) With a much greater range of vertical swing >> d) which, ideally, would take the same mount plate (200PL-14 ?) >> >> Using the same mount plate is negotiable, but it'd be a real drag to have to >> swap mount plates to use "the good tripod head". >> >> Any suggestions on which head to look at? >> >> How much would I need to pay to get much better performance? >> >> How would I tell that I was getting something better, rather than just more >> expensive? Load rating? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
