[Leica] quick release plates

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

I also have the Bogen/Manfrotto ball head and it is great at 1/4th the price 
of the others.

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Jeff S. Matsler" 
<jeffmatsler@amaonline.com>: -------------- 


> Hello, 
> 
> For RF's? 
> 
> Unless you just insist upon spending the money for a serious SLR ball head 
> / 
> release platform, get a Bogen. 
> 
> I use the 488-RC4, which has a quick release plate and horiz / vert bubble 
> levels on it. It was sturdy enough for my D2H, w/ 80-200mm, f/2.8 AFS & 
> Metz strobe setup on it, and it certainly handles my "little" M's. My 
> ballhead is well-used (and going on 7 years old) and still works as good 
> as 
> new. 
> 
> Of course I'm not the brand-purist that some may be. I actually own and 
> shoot a Minolta CLE and Rokkor lenses along with my M's and Summicrons. 
> 
> Still, getting a Bogen instead of an Arca Swiss will save you enough to 
> start saving for a new lens or buy a used one... 
> 
> Jeff M 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lottermoser George" 
> To: "Leica Group Users" 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:16 PM 
> Subject: [Leica] quick release plates 
> 
> 
> > Have any of you LUGnuts had occasion to compare Really Right Stuff, 
> > Wimberly, Kirk, and Arcaswiss quick release hardware? 
> > Does it really matter which of these fine mfg's one chooses? 
> 
> 
> 
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