Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/24/99 11:38:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TTAbrahams@aol.com writes: << Now, your ball head collection is something else! I thought I was bad at 7 of them, but 24!!! It is good to know that someone else is even more afflicted than I am! >> My favorite ballheads are the 14121's and the KGOON's, both of which have dual threads at both ends for 1/4 and 3/8. When I travel, one ballhead serves the table tripod, my Gitzo and both Leica and Hasselblad. Leitz ballheads are incredible pieces of engineering. The amount of weight they'll hold at full lockup is totally disproportionate to the small diameter of the ball. Only the late-model small (black) 14119 is a bit weaker than the rest (has a different lockup mechanism and a smooth ball surface). DT