Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know where the problems are that all of you have with Gitzo ball heads. I own a Gitzo carbon fiber Mountaineer tripod and matching ball head G1276. It is VERY well made, as all Gitzo products are, and it has very smooth and fluid rotation and panning. I have never had a problem with it at all. It is definitely a better head that the hard-to-release Bogen units I used to have. At 09:29 PM 4/20/98 -0400, TEAShea wrote: ><< > I'm not sure why the Gitzo Ball head would be called a "best buy". There > are much better ball heads available. Arca Swiss, Linhof, Foba, Kirk, and a > few others that escape me at the moment >> > >I agree that Gitzo balls heads are generally not the best. I much prefer to >use an Arca Swiss B1 as my main ball head. However for certain specialized >applications, the Gitzo ball heads are useful. I use two of their small ball >heads for my small tripods. > >Tom Shea > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/