Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon.b
I guess I was fortunate not to have got the 055 if you cant angle the vertical column? I never mentioned, but was shown loads of heads also, after using my £30 jessops I guess anything would be a rolls royce! but was impessed by the manfrotto junior geared head, not cheap, but it would stop all the issues I had with my jessops! ..........................an assistant mentioned have you thought about a focussing rail? OMG!..sounds very useful, but when will it end lol, not a necessity I guess, but poss a luxury no?
Thankyou all for your links and information and mostly your time! I think i've got another w/end listening to "your not on that computer again looking at cameras are you" doh!
ATB
|
Simon,
Check the Warehouse Express link as that shows that the centre column of the 055XPro can be set to horizontal.
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-...ripod/p1019760
Geared head is very nice for precision work but not absolutely necessary as some of the other pan heads like the 804RC2 will be a major step up from your old one.
Link to WHE page on the 804RC2 so you can have a look
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-...-head/p1012868
Focusing rail ........ This is not necessary until you get into really high magnifications, so I would not worry about that at this stage.
Don