Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, You use a PB308 and you're telling me my ballhead isn't a "serious choice"??? The 488-RC4 is a Manfrotto - "distributed by Bogen"... So I guess now it meets your standards? ;-) BTW - this ain't no little hex quick release and it sure isn't a 308! It's the large finger grip release that only a trogdolite of extreme proportions could screw up... check it out on the B&H site. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=272780&is=REG&addedTroughType=search BTW, who cares how big a market share they have among pros? If it works, use it. If it doesn't, get something that does. How many people actually own and shoot Leicas? Does that mean we should all switch to Sony Alphas and Canon Rebels? Better yet, let's sell our Leicas and all get medium format gear and top-end DSLR's - as that's what most of my friends who shoot for a living use. The 488-RC4 works and is more than enough for any Leica RF, even with the Visoflex and biggest lens attached. For me, it's not only a serious choice, it's pretty much the most sensible choice out there. Jeff M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] quick release plates A serious choice would not be Bogen which has a minute market share among > serous photographers and Pro's now. Its all swung to Arca Swiss in the > past > ten years. And for good reason. Much better design and craftsmanship. > I never could get Bogens to work for me. I got good at catching my cameras > on a fly though as they fell from the top of my tripod at the spur of the > moment. Swore off quick release for good. > > Actually the ball head I'm using now on my Gitzo sport is a Manfrotto. > Which I'm told is Italian for Bogen. > A Manfrotto ProBall 308. > Cheap and elegant. Two words which don't usually go together in my world > as > I know it darn it. > > But those Bogan hex plates and little square plates or ugly and unreliable > and inefficient. But otherwise just great. > > The Arca Swiss standard is maintained by Kirk and RRS and all the cool CCS > companies. Or is it CCI? > > Mark Rabiner > New York, NY > 40?47'59.79"N > 73?57'32.37"W > > markrabiner.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >