Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Custom tripod collar?
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 22:49:47 -0400 (EDT)

George Lottermoser wrote:

>If rotation is crucial
>you could mount a small ball head
>to the pistol grip.

On the shoulder stock I'd use a simple tilt head instead of a ball head.  
Too many unneeded degrees of freedom make for a frustrating experience in 
the field.  RRS sells a heavy-duty tilt head, B&H sells a very adequate 
Manfrotto tilt head (the one I've been using for 8+ years).

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com




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