Chris Soucy
June 15th, 2007, 10:25 PM
Seriously need to retire my aged Manfrotto 520's and am looking for something HEAPS more stable. If anyone has the 350's can you tell me if the headstock (the bit the ball sits in / legs attach to) is aluminium or plastic?
[Manfrotto, true to form, doesn't say]
Have discovered the weakest point about the 520's is that the headstock is plastic and pretty well useless for HD, you only have to breath on it and it moves.
I've just bought the Manfrotto 528XB sticks (primarily for my jib) and they are awesome with my new Vinten Vision 3 head, but they are a complete hernia production kit for all day working.
Any other suggestions for 100mm ball head 'pods welcome, got to be stable (I mean rock solid) without weighing a ton - simple really!
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Chris
[Manfrotto, true to form, doesn't say]
Have discovered the weakest point about the 520's is that the headstock is plastic and pretty well useless for HD, you only have to breath on it and it moves.
I've just bought the Manfrotto 528XB sticks (primarily for my jib) and they are awesome with my new Vinten Vision 3 head, but they are a complete hernia production kit for all day working.
Any other suggestions for 100mm ball head 'pods welcome, got to be stable (I mean rock solid) without weighing a ton - simple really!
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Chris