Quote Originally Posted by dsiegel5151 View Post
I've never used the new series of ball heads from Manfrotto, but to be honest, for how much those new ball heads cost ($300) with the Arca-Swiss clamp, I would probably just get an Acratech GV2. I bought and built my Manfrotto 489 RC4 ball head into a Manfrotto 489 "Wimberley" for $140 (granted, the old 489 is not that easy to find anymore).
I didn't realize they were that expensive. I had a 468MG (hydrostatic ballhead) that was very good. But for the cost of that head plus a Wimberley C-12 clamp, it comes close to an RRS BH-40 and the latter is an excellent head.