Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Gitzo ball head in Chasseur d'Images
From: Duncan Young <dunk@mincom.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 10:01:05 +1000 (EST)

On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Five Senses Productions wrote:

> I don't know where the problems are that all of you have with Gitzo
> ball heads.  I own a Gitzo carbon fiber Mountaineer tripod and matching
> ball head G1276.   It is VERY well made, as all Gitzo products are, and
> it has very smooth and fluid rotation and panning.  I have never had a 
> problem with it at all.  It is definitely a better head that the
> hard-to-release
> Bogen units I used to have.

Granted that the Gitzo's are much better than the Manfrotto(Bogen) heads, but
I think most will agree that the Arca Swiss B1 is very hard to beat.

    Duncan