Z tripod adapter
Feb 11, 2018 18:17:11 #
kcj
Loc: Seneca SC
Does anyone have one of these. If so what brand and can it be used for macro shooting
Feb 11, 2018 19:04:26 #
Feb 11, 2018 19:09:46 #
kcj wrote:
Does anyone have one of these. If so what brand and can it be used for macro shooting
I googled it and it seemed pricy and of questionable use? The number 1 thing you want from a tripod is a stable platform and that didn't look stable.
Kind of reminds me of some items in fishing tackle shops that have caught more fishermen than fish.
Feb 11, 2018 20:13:44 #
Feb 11, 2018 20:14:12 #
Feb 12, 2018 00:11:36 #
kcj wrote:
Does anyone have one of these. If so what brand and can it be used for macro shooting
There is the original Edelkrone, a version 2 that adds an additional set of arms for more flexibility, and a bunch of Chinese clones that range from cheap to very cheap.
The main difference between Edelkrone and the clones (besides price and quality), is that the Edelkrone has a pan adjustment. That is critical for most use, unless you mount it on something that provides pan adjustment already.
I use one as a desktop mount; works well. You can't load a big camera/lens combo, as it works by friction and does not have a locking mechanism.
I would get a macro rail, rather than a Z adapter, for macro use.
Feb 12, 2018 04:01:06 #
blackest wrote:
I googled it and it seemed pricy and of questionable use? The number 1 thing you want from a tripod is a stable platform and that didn't look stable.
Kind of reminds me of some items in fishing tackle shops that have caught more fishermen than fish.
Kind of reminds me of some items in fishing tackle shops that have caught more fishermen than fish.
Feb 12, 2018 09:47:17 #
Feb 12, 2018 11:20:40 #
I am a noob at photography, but I am an experienced engineer, and I would not take that thing if it was free...
Feb 12, 2018 17:43:22 #
I'm pretty experienced with photography and a lot of years as an aerospace mechanical engineer and couldn't agree with you more.
--Bob
--Bob
nauticalmike wrote:
I am a noob at photography, but I am an experienced engineer, and I would not take that thing if it was free...
Feb 12, 2018 18:45:53 #
I see these Ads on facebook all the time. They have a nice video on its workings.
Feb 12, 2018 19:35:51 #
torchman310 wrote:
I see these Ads on facebook all the time. They have a nice video on its workings.
Thats a bad sign, a large piece of the profits will be going on advertising it.
A better question would be, do i know anybody with one? do they use it? would they give or sell it to you or just tell you not to waste your money on one.
As an example i have a manfroto tripod head sitting on a shelf, i would give that to a friend to use while they are waiting for an arca swiss head :)
I wouldnt mind if it didn't come back.
Feb 13, 2018 00:27:01 #
Feb 13, 2018 04:52:38 #
torchman310 wrote:
I'll take that Manfrotto Head :-)
Shipping to the USA would probably exceed the cost of an arca swiss ball head... Chinese one anyway.
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