On Dec 14, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Bob W wrote: >> I've been wanting to get a ball head for my tripod. The two I have are >> rudimentary and awkward to adjust. I've had my eye on this one -- >> Manfrotto Compact Ball Head 496 with RC2 Rapid Connect Plate -- and now >> I see that Adorama has it for $29 with a $50 rebate through mid- >> January. >> >> I'm on a tight budget. Not yet a "pro." Those two facts in mind, any >> opinions about this ball head? > > I rarely use a tripod, but when I do I almost always use an older version of > that ball-head and QR plate. I have a couple of others, and I've sold still > more, but none of them suit me as well as this one.
I think that is the quick release plate that I've standardized on. I've found that I prefer a ball head on a monopod and a pan head on a tripod. When I'm working on a tripod I want to be able to adjust one factor without messing everything else up. Some of the heads have a spring loaded mount that'll handle either 1/4-20 or 3/8-16 threads. If you get a 3/8-16 thread pitch mount, you can buy an adapter for about $1 to use it on the smaller tripod mounts, but if you get one that only handles 1/4-20 you're SOL. That one is interesting because it has two knobs, and mine only have one. Do make sure that you can tell when the camera is well locked in. A few weeks after getting my K20, my K20 and bigma fell off of my monopod because the ball head release wasn't properly locked in. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157615629173367/ > > B > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
