I have the 410, and agree with Moose that it isn't half as awkward as you
might assume - you can very easily disengage the geared action for quick
rough positioning in each of the three planes independently, which makes
accurate levelling easy. Though it doesn't have the spirit level of the
RC4, it does use the same 410PL plate as the 468RC4 and I can tell you that
the plate will be plenty big enough for anything you have to throw at it -
it's easily big enough for a Medium Format body, and acroos it's narrowest
dimension is about twice the depth of an OM body. In other words it
probably *is* too big. Walt used to recommend the Cullman QR system (I
reckon he still does recommend it!), and it would be very simple to fit the
Cullman "head" to a 410PL plate, with Cullman plates on all your bodies.
http://tinyurl.com/2l59s4 is the Walt-endorsed Cullman "head" with one
plate, for GBP18.95
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Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: 26 November 2007 23:40
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: anyone use Manfrotto 458B with 468MGRC4 head
swisspace wrote:
> Christmas is on its way and my request for a decent tripod head from
> my wife surprisingly didn't drop to the floor, I have shortlisted the
> above head
I haven't played with a hydrostatic head, but however activated, it's still
a ball head. St. Walt turned me onto the geared heads, and I can't see ever
buying another ball head.
Check out the 3275 (410). It may look awkward to move rapidly, but it isn't.
The QR plates are odd, but cheap and sturdy. Or you can put another QR
system on their plate and just leave it permanently attached to the head.
I'm using Cullmann QR base and plates.
<http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Misc/CullmanQR/>
The simplicity and precision of framing with a geared head is a revelation.
Moose
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