Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/10

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Subject: [Leica] Re: ballhead advice sought
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:24:26 -0800

Get the 1377M. Much much lighter than the Arca Swiss, and smaller too. I 
have both and like the 1377M on my G1228 tripod better than the Arca B1 on 
same.  As long as your long lenses have tripod mounts on them you'll be fine.

Jim


At 10:55 PM 3/10/2002 -0500, Emanuel Lowi wrote:
>I've avoided tripods for too long, and am about to invest in a good carbon 
>fibre
>model. But the ballhead choices are bewildering. I've narrowed it down to 
>Arca-Swiss
>or the Gitzo 1377M. Who's used these and can give me some advice? The rig 
>would need
>to support more than just Leicas -- heavier motor-driven SLRs with long 
>lenses too.
>
>Emanuel Lowi
>Montreal
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