{"id":325,"date":"2012-03-12T23:13:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T23:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=325"},"modified":"2012-10-25T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:52:25","slug":"on-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/on-the-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having acquired a stellar small tripod last fall (Mo’ Gitzo<\/a>)\u00a0I subsequently needed to outfit these legs with a small-ish ball head.\u00a0 What is small-ish?\u00a0 It should weigh no more than 1 lb and should support a camera (with lens) of 20 lbs.<\/p>\n

Because I equip my cameras with a quick-release system that called \u201cArca-Swiss compatible\u201d, I immediately eliminate any possible choices that will not support Arca-Swiss quick-release. \u00a0\u00a0(So, for example, I rule-out some tripod heads by Manfrotto, Giotto, Benro, etc.)<\/p>\n

Markins Q3T ball head is designed with a diameter that is perfect match for a Gitzo GT1541T tripod.\u00a0\u00a0 However, while the Q3T is ideally suited for the GT1541T, it offers no particular advantage when paired with the GT1542T, which I have.\u00a0 (If you are taller than 5\u20197, the GT1542T is a better choice than the shorter GT1541T<\/p>\n

Some other possible choices include Really Right Stuff BH-30, Fiesol BC-40D, and Induro BHL1.\u00a0 But, in the end, I chose the PhotoClam PC-36NS.\u00a0 The size is perfectly suited for the GT1542T and it only weighs just a bit more than 12 oz (350g).\u00a0 The variable friction is extremely smooth and requires no break-in period.\u00a0 Includes a built-in bubble level.\u00a0\u00a0 $209 from reallybigcameras.com.<\/p>\n

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Three terrific ball-heads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shown in the photo above: \u00a0 Linhof Profi III\u00a0 (big, very expensive, smooth like butta) with a Kirk Enterprises clamp, Arca-Swiss Z1 (the standard in professional ball heads), PhotoClam PC-36NS.<\/p>\n

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Having acquired a stellar small tripod last fall (Mo’ Gitzo)\u00a0I subsequently needed to outfit these legs with a small-ish ball head.\u00a0 What is small-ish?\u00a0 It should weigh no more than 1 lb and should support a camera (with lens) of 20 lbs. Because I equip my cameras with a quick-release system that called \u201cArca-Swiss compatible\u201d, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}