Which is better ball or pan head?
Mar 21, 2018 01:47:01 #
Wingpilot wrote:
What about pistol grip heads? I never see much mentioned about pistol grip heads. Pro's? Cons?
FWIW, My previous post (to yours) and the one I responded to were in reference to a “pistol grip”....
Mar 21, 2018 02:04:04 #
Forget the question on the “L” bracket. I went to YouTube and got my answer. I do have a question, do they require me to purchase 2 quick release plates, one for each side of the “L” ?
Mar 21, 2018 06:27:04 #
Spiney wrote:
Forget the question on the “L” bracket. I went to YouTube and got my answer. I do have a question, do they require me to purchase 2 quick release plates, one for each side of the “L” ?
You don't need to purchase quick release plates to use with the L-bracket. L-brackets have Arca-Swiss dovetails machined into them. They go directly into an Arca-Swiss clamp.
Mar 21, 2018 07:39:41 #
jackpinoh
Loc: Kettering, OH 45419
[quote=RichardSM]
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
jackpinoh wrote:
Call Really Right Stuff customer support and ask them. They will need to know what types of photography you do. They can tell you the advantages and disadvantages of each type
Really?
Really?
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
Mar 21, 2018 08:38:16 #
Spiney wrote:
As a portrait photographer who worked in studio an... (show quote)
I agree that an "L" bracket is the way to go for portrait work as it provides much better balance on whatever head you choose. I suggest the Really Right Stuff site for further information. Their gear is also available from B&H. Best of luck.
Mar 21, 2018 09:30:39 #
jackpinoh wrote:
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
As photographer for fifty years I’ve never seeked out the need to ask a manufacturer what I needed to use in the way of a tripod or monopod just good common sense and knowing my skill of equipment I have! Now I’m not saying it’s not okay to ask for some folks who take pictures. I have met lots of folks who couldn’t wipe there butts without asking what kind toilet paper to use, once a few years back while I was in Yellowstone Park a young man of an age of about 35 years or so asked if he should use a telephoto lens to take a picture of a bison which was about forty yards away his camera had a 50mm lens on it, I of course ask him it all depends on how you want the picture to look the look on his face was like I don’t get it. Yes some do have to ask I guess! Enough said.
Mar 21, 2018 10:12:00 #
CO wrote:
You don't need to purchase quick release plates to use with the L-bracket. L-brackets have Arca-Swiss dovetails machined into them. They go directly into an Arca-Swiss clamp.
You do if you want to be able to adjust for balance !
This is my home made L bracket shown using a 4 in. A/S plate and A/S to Manfro RC2 adaptation.
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Mar 21, 2018 10:56:53 #
Mar 21, 2018 14:18:22 #
imagemeister wrote:
You do if you want to be able to adjust for balance !
This is my home made L bracket shown using a 4 in. A/S plate and A/S to Manfro RC2 adaptation.
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This is my home made L bracket shown using a 4 in. A/S plate and A/S to Manfro RC2 adaptation.
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Oh boy, I'll bet that has a lot of vibrations in portrait mode!
Mar 21, 2018 14:57:05 #
speters wrote:
Oh boy, I'll bet that has a lot of vibrations in portrait mode!
Looks that way but, Not so much - it is STEEL.....
Mar 21, 2018 17:34:04 #
imagemeister wrote:
You do if you want to be able to adjust for balance !
This is my home made L bracket shown using a 4 in. A/S plate and A/S to Manfro RC2 adaptation.
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This is my home made L bracket shown using a 4 in. A/S plate and A/S to Manfro RC2 adaptation.
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I see that you have Manfrotto quick release plates attached to the L-bracket. There is no side to side movement with that system. The type I referred to are the ones made by Kirk, Really Right Stuff, and other companies. They have Arca-Swiss dovetails and some side to side adjustment is possible.
Mar 21, 2018 19:34:11 #
CO wrote:
I see that you have Manfrotto quick release plates attached to the L-bracket. There is no side to side movement with that system. The type I referred to are the ones made by Kirk, Really Right Stuff, and other companies. They have Arca-Swiss dovetails and some side to side adjustment is possible.
Yes, side to side - NOT front to back - which would afford BALANCE.
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