Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Arca-Swiss B2 Head comments?
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:11:47 -0500

> At 05:39 PM 31/10/2000 +1100, Rick wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Do you have experience with the B2 Head?
>>
> Further to this, I'm wondering how much weight the B2 will support.  I have
> a B1 and use it for all formats up to 8x10 without any problem.  Will the
> B2 head support 40 to 50 pounds of weight for very large set-ups?
>
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I have joined this late and I assume you are talking tripods. And since you
are talking about a very heavy camera have you ever considered cinema camera
heads, such as the O'Conner 50. Will hold up to a 50lb camera has all the
features you need and can be picked up used for $5-$600. I have one for my
Eclair NPR 16mm which is a 20 pound camera and use this large head because
the camera vibration is dampened with the big head. Some people actually use
a 100 pound head for a 16mm camera.

Steve
Annapolis