Have you considered the Manfrotto/Bogen 322RC? I get on very well with mine.
See:
http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/2319?livid=80|81&idx=83
I haven't been paying close enough attention to know if it fits your
budget but Adorama have it for $110 (http://www.adorama.com/BG322RC2.html)
Regards,
Mike.
Komtanoo Pinpimai wrote:
> Thanks for all replies to my question. After researching for a while,
> think I would buy a standard tripod like bogen 3001 or 3021 on the
> bay. For the head, I still have no idea, good ballhead seems to be
> really expensive, while tilt and pan is affordable, but doesn't look
> as comfortable as the ball one. If I could find a head that you guys
> have recommended on the bay with the right price, I would jump at it.
>
> -kem
>
> On 7/5/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I said I had the 486RC2 but realized with Dan's note that it's actually
>> the 308RC. They look the same to me. Anyhow, *maybe* the 486RC2 is a
>> modified 308RC with an engineering change to address the small bit of
>> slop in the ball when tightening down. I don't want to tar the wrong
>> product. In any case it's not likely to perform like the $400-500 ball
>> heads everyone likes.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Dan Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>> Heads are harder to recommend -- I have the Manfrotto/Bogen 308RC head
>>> (closest current equivalent looks like the 486RC2), which works okay,
>>> but has a very annoying tendency to slop a tiny bit vertically when I
>>> tighten it up -- not sure if it's the ball, the QR plate-camera
>>> interface, or what, but I wish it didn't do it. Then again, that's only
>>> really been a problem with macro shooting where small motions make a big
>>> deal.
>>>
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