Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:07 AM 12/28/97 -0800, Donal wrote: >> >Jim, >Similar system. RRS plates but Foba small ballhead. My major complaint >with the Foba is that it is sometimes iffy in the clamping. I have >several times found that it clamped down and then later I found it had >loosened up. Maybe was not square in the slot. Last week this happened >with the Foba Large ballhead with the Pentax 6x7 on it. The Pentax fell >>from about 5 feet and landed on the prism top on a concrete and tile >floor. Big dent, cracked prism inside and broke the glass plate on top >of the ground glass. > >Sure put a dent in the profit margin on the job as well. > >Donal >---- Donal, I've had the opposite problem with one of my B1's (a known problem, but now fixed). They would lock and then never unlock. So camera movement (or falling) was never a problem. I had to send one B1 in to get it released. There was a problem with the tension screw. As I said, that's been fixed on current models. I'm not a huge ball head fan but the B1's are the right size and weight for a lot of stuff. I like two handle pan-tilt heads. I like to be able to adjust up/down and side-to-side separately. I use a dual level in my hot shoe (Leica or Linhof) and with the ball head, if I have to adjust one way, the other is always effected. But I've gotten good at making it work over the years. Sorry to hear about your 6x7... what a bummer! Almost nothing worse than the sound of a camera hitting a concrete floor. Jim