billib Posted January 21, 2012 Share #21 Â Posted January 21, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) THANK YOU Manolo, that link was a big help. I ended up at Roberts Whites site and found similar information in English. I now have a catalog number. I'll just find it here in the US. VERY COOL, THANL YOU!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Racefan Posted January 21, 2012 Share #22 Â Posted January 21, 2012 Don't know whether OP has found a head or not, but like others I highly recommend a quality ball head rather than a 3-way. After decades of buying all kinds of heads and tripods I've learned that for me I can count on Gitzo carbon fiber legs and RRS ballheads. I have a set of big Systematic series legs with a BH55 head for my Nikon D3 and long lens equipment where that size/strength is really needed. My wife uses a set of G1228 legs with a BH40 head for her smaller sized slr. For travel with my M9 I have a Gitzo 1542T traveller tripod with a BH30 head and the RRS base plate for the M9 and I highly recommend this combo if you think you'll use a tripod on more than a rare basis. (Also have a BH25 head to complete the collection - works great for the M9 on a set of Manfroto 209 tabletop legs.) FWIW... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted January 21, 2012 Share #23 Â Posted January 21, 2012 The old one has the same shape than the Arca-Swiss view camera rail, a more than 50 years old design, and that's the reason for calling it the "Arca-Swiss Shape". That's the shape RRS, and many others, use. [let me warn you: some so called Arca-Swiss type plates do not fit well...]This is quite correct. The issue is that the original Arca-Swiss dovetail never became a dimensional standard, so if you buy a lever release clamp you may have grief with some plates. Some lever release clamps have adjustable jaws like Markins, some don't like RRS. OTOH the screw knob clamps will solidly connect to just about any A-S type plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted January 21, 2012 Share #24 Â Posted January 21, 2012 ................ For travel with my M9 I have a Gitzo 1542T traveller tripod with a BH30 head and the RRS base plate for the M9 and I highly recommend this combo if you think you'll use a tripod on more than a rare basis. ... Â +1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 21, 2012 Share #25  Posted January 21, 2012  Jeff  I laughed, too. Ball-heads are fine for little cameras, but for anything else, the three-way is so much easier to level and control. (Maybe the poster was thinking of the hydraulic dampened version.) IMHO of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted January 21, 2012 Share #26 Â Posted January 21, 2012 Neil Rothschild on Nikonians has written the only data-based tripod comparison I've seen; he compared the 4-leg section Gitzo 3541LS against the 3-leg section RRS TVC-33 for stability and reported back with vibration charts. The Gitzo was slightly better than the RRS in all the tests. That review was influential in my purchase decision, that and the huge price differential... Â I read some time ago in Lloyd Chambers site where he did some tripod analysis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted January 21, 2012 Share #27 Â Posted January 21, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Don't know whether OP has found a head or not, but like others I highly recommend a quality ball head rather than a 3-way. ... Â I understand the reasons of prefering a ball head: it's easier to arrive to the position one would spontaneously adopt when photographying hands-free, without support, i.e. using the viewfinder as the main composing tool. Â But the 3D head is better when you know where you want to be, when you use the "mental image" as the starting point, and only look through the viewfinder to confirm your intention. This is the way of working with a view camera, BTW. Â The Arca-Swiss d4 heads work both as 3D and as ball heads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted January 21, 2012 Share #28 Â Posted January 21, 2012 Gitzo 1227 Reporter is quite fine for a M camera. It is tall enough so that I need not bend over and I do not need to extend the center column, a practice that promotes instability. 3 section legs are more stable than 4 and set up faster. Â 1227 may no longer be made, but find something with similar specs or one that matches your height. Â You can always buy a Ries wood and it is best of all. You will not want to carry it. Tubular aluminum is worst of all for vibration except for the heavy Gitzo. Surveyors use wood for a reason. Â My opinion is there are only two tripods to buy, Gitzo or Ries. Â Â Â I have never found anything better than my Leica ball head which I have had for 35 years. No need to torgue it up like a car tire lug nut. Flick of the wrist and it is done. Â If you do panoramas, then something that rotates in a horizontal plane is best. It should have a level so the horizon stays horizontal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Thompson Posted January 22, 2012 Share #29 Â Posted January 22, 2012 I tried a RRS baseplate, L bracket and grip last week. While I appreciated the eloquence and precision when used with a BH40 and Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod, I'll save that for use with the RRS pano setup. For general use, the Gitzo 1550t provides the same level of stability, given a M9 with a 90mm without all the weight and complexity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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