Best Ballhead Markins or RRS or Arca Swiss or Kirk for 5diii and TS Lens
danski0224 wrote: Scott Stoness wrote:
I have an acratek and like it for hiking (light, strong) but based on my experience, it is more of a medium weight ballhead.
It seems to flex with my big TS-17 when I put it on and that makes me nervous.
I also don\'t ever feel confident with it holding with the quick release clamps. They unclamp too fast.
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I don\'t consider it a good heavy weight ballhead. But its on my lightweight hiking legs.
I have an Acratech GP-s.
I don\'t have a TS-17, but I haven\'t noticed any \"flex\" in my uses. There is a tensioning knob (for lack of a better description) that changes how the main tightening knob works.
The lever clamp version GP-s I have has an additional piece that must be depressed to unlock the lever- unlike the RRS quick release clamp, for example. I think it would be quite unlikely for it to come undone by itself.
The built-in leveling function works nicely.
There are a number of people that really like acratech as evidenced by this post. I should have put it in the poll.
I have an acratech and really like it for hiking and a light body but I don\'t like it for for a heavy body with a heavy protruding lens. I don\'t have the lever but the the screw type.The acratech sticks up high and is light which means more leaverage and vibration off balance then a bigger heavier head.
But thats just my preference. The acratech is a good ballhead.
Re: Best Ballhead Markins or RRS or Arca Swiss or Kirk for 5diii and TS Lens
danski0224 wrote: Scott Stoness wrote:
I have an acratek and like it for hiking (light, strong) but based on my experience, it is more of a medium weight ballhead.
It seems to flex with my big TS-17 when I put it on and that makes me nervous.
I also don\'t ever feel confident with it holding with the quick release clamps. They unclamp too fast.
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I don\'t consider it a good heavy weight ballhead. But its on my lightweight hiking legs.
I have an Acratech GP-s.
I don\'t have a TS-17, but I haven\'t noticed any \"flex\" in my uses. There is a tensioning knob (for lack of a better description) that changes how the main tightening knob works.
The lever clamp version GP-s I have has an additional piece that must be depressed to unlock the lever- unlike the RRS quick release clamp, for example. I think it would be quite unlikely for it to come undone by itself.
The built-in leveling function works nicely.
There are a number of people that really like acratech as evidenced by this post. I should have put it in the poll.
I have an acratech and really like it for hiking and a light body but I don\'t like it for for a heavy body with a heavy protruding lens. I don\'t have the lever but the the screw type.The acratech sticks up high and is light which means lots of leaverage and vibration off balance.
But thats just my preference. The acratech is a good ballhead.
Nov 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM
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