Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A few years ago, one of my B1's jammed. I had to send it back to get it unjammed. Jim At 05:02 PM 3/29/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 01:13 PM 29/03/98 -0800, you wrote: >>I just bought a new Bogen/Manfrotto 3021 for my R8 and M6 but it is >>difficult and not fast enough to release the camera from the Bogen head >>that was also sold with it. Does anyone within the LUG, using either >>Leica Rs or Ms, have any experience using the ARCA Swiss B1 head on >>their tripod? I've read two good ratings on it and need opinions from >>Leica body users. Thanks. >> >> >I have the first version of the B1. It has never jammed. (The jamming >problem you may have read about is just a red herring.) I lost the set >screw once and had it replaced. The newer version does not lose the set >screw. Nice head. Quick camera positioning, and solid. No creep. Plates >can add up to cost nearly as much as the head though. > Sometimes when lining the camera up for a vertical, I have to swing it >around 180 degrees first to line up with the drop notch, because on one >side it does not go all the way down to vertical, unless one of the tripod >legs is shortened ;) Drop notches on two sides would be an improvement. > Get a B1 or a B1G if you plan to use heavy telephoto lenses. I've >clamped about 5 kg on the B1 and it works just fine with those weights. >Stay away from the B2. It is not a monoball head. Also, forget the B1E. >You give up the rotational panning bed and the lower scale which shows >degrees of rotation. > > >-GH >