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[OM] Re: Korean gear drive tripod head - Photoclam Multiflex

Subject: [OM] Re: Korean gear drive tripod head - Photoclam Multiflex
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 06:22:44 -0400
Wow!  That's some piece of gear... and some price too!

Chuck Norcutt

Jeff Keller wrote:
> Having burned up too many hours making minor adjustments in photoshop
> to real estate pictures I finally sucumbed to a gear drive head. It is
> a copy of the Arca Swiss cube. At half the price of the Arca Swiss, it
> is still insanely priced with no US distribution yet. Advertisements
> seem to only exist on their web site (in Korean). In fact it came
> fresh from the factory in a box for the ball head they make.
> Apparently they have just started shipping them. Surprisingly it did
> have a couple sheets of english instructions.
> 
> http://www.photoclam.co.kr/html/product/product_page_info.htm?key=48
> (animation in middle of page)
> 
> Build quality seems to be excellent. It is lubed with very viscous
> grease making all movements fairly slow. With a large camera mounted
> on it, the movement seems very nice. The levels also seem to be filled
> with a viscous liquid making them slow to respond to changes.
> 
> At 950g it won't replace my Acratech head but with the dual panning
> swivels and what appears to be enough strength to hold my heaviest and
> largest gear it has its place and will get a lot of use.
> 
> -jeff
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