On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3/9/2013 2:31 PM, DZDub wrote:
>
> > If I had to get another head, I'd look at the Cullman tilt-pans with QR.
>
> I had one of those, too, on Cullman legs, that I inherited from my father.
> The built-in QR is nice, and that and Walt
> are how I ended up with more of their QR stuff.
>
> Knowing my dad, he was gentle with it, and there were no signs of abuse,
> but it always had a sticky altitude adjustment
> that was really annoying, and the azimuth lock was not secure. You
> probably wouldn't run into the same problem*, but I'd
> feel remiss if I didn't warn you to check.
>
> I took it apart more than once, trying clean and dry and a couple of kinds
> of lube, but never solved the problem. Now
> I've solved it by gifting it, with legs and the Steiner spotting scope it
> was bought for, to one of my sons and his
> wife. They love it in their digs with panoramic view of SF.
>
Good to know, for future reference. I spotted it because it looked cheap
and light and would leverage my current investment in QR plates. But as a
thing in itself, the el cheapo Velbon pan-tilt head that came with the legs
pleases me just fine. Also, it seems kind of ridiculous to get CF legs and
then put an Arca Swiss on it.
(How many people have I offended in saying that? Apologies in advance.)
The lovely thing about these digital thingies is that the tripod doesn't
come out as often as it used to.
Joel W.
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