I used to use a pan/tilt head much like this for shooting cars. Solid platform and it makes me think about framing. But not good when you have to keep up with critters.
Paul > On Dec 28, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote: > > Why not use a manfrotto 3 way pan tilt head. something like > https://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-804RC2-Basic-Release-200PL-14/dp/B000K86664 > They are strong enough to do without balancing. > >> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 05:12, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> 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. > > -- > 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.
