The thing that I'm learning is that there is way too much to learn about this. I wish that there were some simple performance measurements for a standardized rating of tripods and heads. Despite not being a mechanical engineer, or maybe because I'm not, I've got a few ideas for standardized ways to measure load capacity, dampening, stiffness etc.
The short answer is that there doesn't seem to be an RC2 head that works a lot better than what I have. Though the 3911RC2 looks like it would be a bit more adjustable, also smaller. It seems that the other standard mount system is the Arca swiss, and that is likely what I should look at when I'm ready to drop significantly more money on tripods. This is a very clever hack, allowing use on both RC2 and arca-swiss. http://www.customslr.com/products/m-plate-pro I suspect, however, that for $75 each, I'd be better off just selling off all of my RC2 heads and plates and just converting in one fell swoop, rather than doing the job piecemeal. -- 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.
