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Old 10-02-09, 16:42
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Originally Posted by andy153 View Post
........... It will be used on a Manfrotto 055V tripod with Arca Swiss B1 ball head, which I think should be sturdy enough.
Andy,
I just had to read up on the Arca Swiss B1, never having had such a fancy ballhead.
The ballhead seems fine but I would have serious reservations as to the 055 legs with that lens. I have an 055 and know its limitation particularly if I put it up against my Slik Pro.

I regard the 055 more of lightweight travel job whereas the Slik is a serious camera platform. Foxy has a similar Slik to mine, so we are singing from the same hymn sheet in that regard.
For my moonshots when that thread was active, with 400mm + 2x tc on the Slik tripod I even added 5kg of ballast and used mirror lock and remote to all to combat vibrations.

Perhaps a long lens user could comment on the Gitzo range as that is probably your best lightweight solution on the legs front.

Don
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