Buy a tripod that is rated for at least the weight of your heaviest
body/lens combo.
The Arca Swiss mount is by far the most widely used quick release system out
there. They are more robust than the Bogen/Manfrotto system (the ones I'm
familiar with are cast, as opposed to machined on the Arca).
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Questions about tripod heads.
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.
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Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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