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Re: [OM] ball or pan?

Subject: Re: [OM] ball or pan?
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:09:40 -0800
From: Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

OK, time to get some more opinions: took a look at the Bogen line to get
an idea for things, and both the pan/tilt and ball heads are about the
same. Pros/Cons of each?

I'd advise anyone who doesn't know what they want to start with a ball, and get a pan later if they feel the need.

A ball-head -- ESPECIALLY the Bogen 3265 "joystick" -- is very fast and easy to set and re-set.

The main disadvantage is if you only want to move in one plane, which you most often need when following action. For this reason, many ball heads have a separate pan feature. On the 3265, if you slowly press the lever, the pan releases first, although I don't really know what the differential force between the pan and ball is. (I wouldn't use this technique heavy things near the weight limit of the head.)

Summary:

1) If you know you'll often want to do movement in one axis while the other two are locked down, get a tilt/pan head.

2) If you know #1, but will have to do it in fine movements, get a gear head.

3) If you don't know either of the above, get a ball-head, preferably one with a separately adjustable pan, since that is the most-often used case for #1.

: Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>

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