Larry, I have longer Arca Swiss plate on my 600 FA, when used on my Kirk King Cobra gimbal head the lens effectively becomes weightless. If the plate is used effectively the angle of the lens should have no effect on the balance. The length of the plate needed depends on the lens it is used on.
-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >Sent: Dec 27, 2020 11:11 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Ball head question > >I suspect that in theory the tripod mount foot on most telephotos is pretty >close to where they think the center of gravity will be when it’s mounted on a >camera. > >When I’m using a ball head I find that this is very rarely the case. I was >thinking that if I had a really long arca swiss plate on my lens, I could >attach it much closer to the balance point. However I suspect that If I’m >shooting at anything not very close to level, it would no longer be that well >balanced. > >Is there a good solution other than dropping $BIGNUM on a gimbal mount? > >In a related question, When I’m doing astrophotography, I’ve found that a >pan/tilt head makes it a lot easier because I can adjust one axis at a time >and not risk entirely losing my aim. I have accomplished this by putting an >Arca-swiss ballhead on one of my tiltall tripods. Are there any decent >tilt-pan arca-swiss tripod heads? Preferably ones that aren’t outrageously >expensive? > >-- >Larry Colen >l...@red4est.com -- 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.
