Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My $0.02: Gitzo Carbon Fiber legs ( I guess that should be ... Leg?)..... and a head. Or non- Carbon leg. The head is a choice between the Gitzo models ( which are ball centric or ball offset) and something else. The Gitzo are nice heads, and easily available used. A lot like the ball heads, and the Really Right Stuff heads are really nice. I have a light weight manfrotto that comes as a QR model..... not mine, I opted for less weight and no QR ( cheaper). The first question to ask.... do you want a light weight setup? Or is weight secondary? Light = Carbon Fiber. ( but it is only 1 leg, so the weight difference of Carbon Fiber vs not, is pretty small.) Second Question... how much do you wish to spend? New? Used? ( heads can cost upwards of $500.... plus the leg: a total of easily $1000.) Third... Do you have a tripod QR system now? Do you wish to be compatible? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net