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Originally Posted by Fred Doane
Yup... and your parents would have taken the bus to school instead of walking in the snow uphill both ways. ;)
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Originally Posted by Fred Doane
Yup... and your parents would have taken the bus to school instead of walking in the snow uphill both ways. ;)
Advantages of one over the other? ........ Ballhead Vs. 3 way pan/tilt .... sorry if we coverd this elsewhere.[A]
Ballhead:
simple workings, good support of weight, compactish. Kind of a pain to keep perfectly level and rotate unless you have a panning base (more $$), may become unscrewed from tripod if it lacks a locking feature.
Panhead:
independent movement of axis without throwing the others off, usually cheaper, good weigh support, best for video. Big annoying leavers, not as easy to operate as a simple ball head, harder to fine tune in a position.
So the ultimate setup would be a Wimberley Gimbal for action & a 3way pan/tilt for everything else ....Including panos?
.... and if so, a great addition would be a nodal slide, plate& L bracket from RRSfor the pan/tilt setup?
It depends on what you are putting on it. I started with a very heavy Bogan. I could sit on it and it would hold me up. I am over 200lbs. I am not telling how much over. I had a Bronica at the time. I let my 2 year old son play with it. He liked to put a blanket over it like a teepee. He broke one of the legs off. I have no idea how he did this. My dad always said I could tear up a steel ball. My wife thought he was terrible to say that till my son came along.
Bottom line, if you are letting your 2 year old play with it, it needs to be stronger than a steel ball. LOL
Mark
I've been told I could muck up an anvil. [^o)]
.... but screw him, hes only my boss.