[Leica] Tripods

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Which handily illustrates that each of us is making suggestions based on
how we personally use tripods and heads. The best solution for long teles
fitted via a rotating collar may be entirely different to a combination to
shoot panorama series or portraits. Or for video production or backpacking
up glaciers or permanent studio installs etc etc ........
Deciding first which legs of a quality brand have the best combination of
features for your individual situation is a great start though. Neither
need you be limited to only one head. I ended up with two sets of legs and
three heads and different combinations are very helpful for the stuff I
like to do.

Shilling again for RRS, they make lens plates and replacement collars for
some of the big Nikon teles too ;-)



Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 25 April 2012 02:14, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net <
wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> leo wesson wrote:
>
> >>>
> Ball heads.  Don't buy them.  Get a good sturdy simple head.  No quick
> release.  Since you will be mounting your lens to the head and not your
> camera, you don't really need a quick release.
> <<<
>
> If you will be using the tripod exclusively with a long lens that has a
> rotating tripod collar I suggest the Acratech long-lens head:
>
> http://acratech.net/product.php?productid=10
>
> Compact, light weight, sturdy enough for my 560mm Novoflex/Telyt, no
> extraneous features, locks down solid when you need it, pans/tilts smoothly
> when you need it.  And I prefer an Arca-type QR.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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