and are really inexpensive. wow i'm tired and need to proofread more. :) On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love ballheads but fine adjustments are near impossible. I find > composition adjust helps a lot sometimes. I've always preferred 3 axis > even if they can be slower in use. They are generally heavier than a > ballhead so they have probably fallen out of favor a bit. I love sirui > but I think all they make is ballheads. they are working checking out > though are are really inexpensive. 6 year warranty too. > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> >> Ken Waller wrote: >>> >>> I have a Bogen 'mini gear' head that I adapted to arca swiss with the >>> addition of an arca swiss clamp to the Bogen. >> >> >> Aha, you got an arca-swiss clamp with 1/4-20 threads on it! It took me a >> bit to figure out what you meant. I could attach one of those to one of my >> tiltall tripods. >> >> It also seems that I might be able to make a fairly sturdy adapter to mount >> my big Induro ball head to the tiltall, and I'd be able to use the tilt-pan >> of the tiltall to easily level the base of the ballhead. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> From: Larry Colen<l...@red4est.com> >>>> Subject: Mounting a phone or tablet to a camera? Also tripod heads >>>> >>>> A lot of times when playing with astrotracer, I can't exactly see what >>>> I'm aiming at with my bare eye, and particularly not through the >>>> viewfinder. I've gotten close by using the google skymap app on my >>>> phone, holding it up to the back of my camera and using that to aim >>>> close enough to see the object in images and dial things in tighter. >>>> >>>> I've got an adapter for mounting a green laser to my hot shoe. I'd love >>>> to have something similar for holding my smartphone. Does anyone know >>>> of something existing? >>>> Mind you what I'd really like is to be able to install google sky map on >>>> my camera and use its gps, accelerometer and display for aiming. >>>> >>>> In a similar vein. fine adjustments using a ball head are a titch >>>> touchy. My old manfrotto three axis heads allowed me to adjust one axis >>>> at a time, but I can't find any of those in Arca Swiss. Are there any >>>> decent three axis arca swiss heads that will hold a large lens and not >>>> cost several hundred dollars? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions.
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