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henryp wrote:
Maybe you meant the Manfrotto 026?
Henry Posner
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Seriously, go with the Manfrotto on this (or a close clone, if you can find one).
There are three particular points to observe for this piece of gear, and the Manfrotto wins all of them. I've wasted money on cheaper.
1. You want a device that both tightens quickly and loosens quickly, and when it's tightend you don't want slipping. Plastic mounts require a lot of knob-twisting (revolution after revolution) to get tight, and they still slip. A metal mount takes only a quarter or half turn and it's locked tight, and only a quarter or half turn and it's fully loose.
2. You want it to adjust smoothly, no hitches. Many cheaper metal mounts just don't have a smooth design. The Manfrotto operates smoothly.
3. You want a mount that puts knobs where there should be knobs and levers where there should be levers. Really, take a look a that factor. The Manfrotto has a big lever on the joint that you want to be the tightest, a smaller lever on the joint that needs to be the second tightest, and a knob where your operating room is the least. It has its levers and knobs in all the right places. I don't know why they don't all get that right, but not all of the them do.
So I strongly advice the Manfrotto with an accessory shoe on it. It's lifetime gear.
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