Yeah, built like tank.
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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