I also have the Manfrotto tripod head, which I like. The only thing that I
dislike is that it is nearly impossible to tighten the thumb wheel sufficiently
to hold the camera firmly in portrait mode.
I'll be buying a good ball head soon (in time for my next trip to the US!).
As one those - the underprivileged, deprived and small minority - who would be
using the same camera on both monopod and tripod, a QR head on both is
convenient... Nobody wants to keep putting on/taking of QR plates. That's how
I've rationalized things.
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of tOM Trottier
Sent: April 11, 2006 2:21
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [lens] Re: Monopod Head
On Monday, April 10, 2006 at 21:44,
Mike <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >...the best head solution is the Bogen 3232 monopod head, cheap,
> >solid, simple, does the job with ease ...
> >
> What Moose said /\
>
> However one must loosen the mounting screw and rotate the base of the
> camera to shoot in portrait orientation.
Yep, a simple ball head is better.
> At least that's how I like to use this head. I want to be able to
> tilt up and down as I make a tripod using my two legs and leaning
> into the monopod angled out in front. A quick release plate would
> interfere with flopping the camera over if mounted as I use this
> head. Anyway, I can't imagine how a quick release plate would be
> any simpler than a few flicks with your thumb and it adds more
> levels of complexity, weight and expense. But I seem to hold a
> minority view on the subject.
I agree. QR plates are nice if you have a tripod set in a particular position
and more
than one body or lens (with tripod screw) for quick, secure switching. Monopods
don't
stand up by themselves in one place, and you usually don't switch bodies or
lenses
much.
tOM
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