I bought the Slik Pro 700 in the spring with pan head. It holds my 6x7, & D200 with 70-200 VR quite well.
Dave Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Matt Johnson wrote: > >> I read good things about the really right stuff ball heads, thanks for >> a the other ball head ideas though. I have seen the 3021 mentioned as >> a tripod that didnt do anything to help the vibration issue. I also >> learned that evidently some head and tripod combos aren't friendly >> towards one another. > > Much depends on the focal length of the lenses you'll be using. The > longer the lens, the sturdier the tripod you're going to need. I can't > imagine the 3021 being insufficient with normal lenses and wide angles. > > Telephotos for the 67 get large and heavy pretty quickly as the focal > length goes up. With 300mm and up you're probably going to need > something pretty damned substantial. Michael Reichmann has some test > shots on the Luminous Landscape site and he had to go to a Gitzo 1349 > CF tripod and Arca Swiss ball head to get satisfactory results at 420mm > (300mm + 1.4x teleconverter); > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax67ii.shtml > Mind you, few of us are likely to use this setup, given the price, but > it's worth being aware of how focal length affects tripod requirements. > > BTW: Reichmann's testing indicates that the Pentax 67 teleconverters > are of *very* high quality: > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/p-ext.shtml > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
