Oh yes: you don’t have to use PD plates. Any good A-S plate will do. There are plenty with safeties. The RC2 plates are never as stable or secure. Also, you can use any other head by getting the universal mount plate.
G > On May 22, 2019, at 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > All ball heads have some limitations on movement to portrait position. That’s > why they make L-plates ... and to keep the camera centered over the legs for > best stability. Some of my other heads have even larger motion issues. > > Of course, you can always just rotate the camera and plate 180 degrees on the > head if you need it to flop over the other way. > > The price with head is less than my usual Manfrotto 190 and its A-S head. > > G > — > No matter where you go, someone is always happy to receive your money. > >> On May 22, 2019, at 3:11 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >> >> I also thought that it is a clever design. >> But I agree with the reviewer (link posted by Henk), that Manfrotto's Befree >> seems to have a better (more secure) QR-plate design. >> And the inability to go vertical on one of the sides is a bit annoying... >> But everything else seems to be well-designed. Hopefully the manufacturing >> quality is on par. >> >> The price, however, bites: about $200 per pound is not that cheap! :) >> (That's about what Japanese Kobe Beef Steaks cost, as I just found). >> >> >> Igor > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
