Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm a big, big fan of this tripod. I have one of the leg-sets with the large Leica ball head. IMO there is nothing better out there. The large ball head has a reversible thread socket in the base that allows it to fit on tripods with either 1/4 or 3/8 threads. There is no "friction" setting on the ball clamp, the way there is on an Arca-Swiss - the ball is either locked or fully released. I prefer this, but people with larger cameras might not. I used to use the ball head years ago on a Linhof leg-set, to support a Hasselblad with a 150/4 Sonnar. It worked just fine, because the lock is so strong. I now use it a lot as a chest-pod, especially with a 90mm. You can't go wrong with this one. Paul Chefurka >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew Moore [mailto:moore@rscs.net] >Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:54 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] ?: Table tripod / ball head recommendations > > > >I'd like to find a table tripod to use with an M. >I like the size and style of the Model 14100 (3 folding legs) >that's listed in the current Leica catalog. Does anyone have >comments on this and also the ball & socket head? I'd like >something with better build quality than the weak, flexible >plasticy table tripods that I've come across so far, and the >Leica ones look much better, but my local dealers don't >stock them so I can't see them "in the flesh." > >Are there any "gotchas" to look out for when buying them used? > >I've seen several sizes of ball/socket heads -- any major >differences among them other than the obvious size? > >--Andrew >NO ARCHIVE >