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Thoughtful Monkey
Registered: May 2005
Location: huntington beach, ca
Posts: 316
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Review Date: Wed June 20, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $325.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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smoooooth
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Cons:
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I had to pay for it
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Just a quick blurb on the Arca Swiss Z1 single-pan ballhead:
This head is great. After being disappointed by Kirk Enterprise's BH-3 ballhead, I decided to go for the benchmark. Arca Swiss boasts a 130lb-off-axis load-capacity. I have yet to find a small person willing to sit on the ballhead, so I cannot attest to this rating. I can however say that the locking mechanism is super-smooth and locks tight with little effort. The plastic pan lock is a bit cheesey, but works. The head has made macro shooting much easier - when the head is locked, there is no initial sag, as with the Kirk. The minimum friction wheel also makes life easier, and it works (unlike my BH-3).
There is not a whole lot else to say. The head works like it should and is so much better than the Kirk I own, and the Bogens I have tried. One thing I failed to notice until I used the Z1 is that the locking knob is on the opposite side compared to the Kirk. Of course this only changes where the right-angle slot is, but I am used to making adjustments with my left hand while I shoot with my right, keeping the slot in front for low angle shooting. Now I keep the knob centered, making on-the-fly adjustments a bit more difficult. Whatever.
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