Hi Gerard,
I had the 410 mini-geared for a few days. I sent it back because it had
a very small amount of play in it that was a bit too much for my view
camera. But it worked great for my eos 3 and 70-200/2.8 for product
photography, etc. I would recommend it without hesitation. I bought a
big fat ball head for the view camera and am tempted to order another
410 (3275 USA) geared head for still life and stuff. It would probably
work very well with a Velbon macro slider to help you fine tune focusing.
I don't know anything about the 190pro, but I love my carbon one (3444).
Mike
Gerard Maas wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Well, just to continue with the tripod month, I'd like to hear about
> experiences with the Manfrotto 190PRO (Bogen 055 Pro). It's the metal
> version of Carbon One... just for short-budgets like me who can "afford"
> a bit more weight instead.
>
> I was looking at the Manfrotto (Bogen) 410 Junior Geared Head. I like to
> do a lot of Macro work either with the 100f2.8 Macro or with the stacked
> lens technique (75-300IS + 50f1.8 = 3x to 6x). At 1:1 it's already
> difficult to move "a little bit" a 'common' tripod (at the moment I've a
> cheapy [= cheap & crappy] thing that's falling appart). At 6x, framing
> the subject is really an adventure of minutes if not hours.
>
> I'd really appreciate your experiences, in particular with this head and
> the legs combination.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Gerard.
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