which Hide clamp for Velbon travel tripod? (1 Viewer)

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Hi

I own a Velbon Delta Travel Tripod which has a PH-237Q head, and was wondering if anyone out there has managed to use the centre column in any kind of hide clamp. The column is only 18mm diameter so this poses a problem as most centre columns seem to be 22mm and larger.

The Opticron Universal II looks the closest but not sure if it is suitable or if you can remove the centre column that comes with it.

Its the usual dilemma of tripod versus hide clamp choice. I own a larger Velbon Tripod with the HC-1 Hide Clamp and this works fine but having just downsized my scope to the excellent Nikon ED-50 I am now going down the route of saving weight and trying to bring togehter a complete weight saving package.

Help!

 

[cnrobinson]

I have a Velbon travel tripod, though on mine the centre column does not easily come out (it was the InFocus travel tripod at the time). My solution was to get a second Velbon head from In Focus and attach it to a Culman hide clamp. This cost a total of around £50 though, but it is dead easy as the quick release plates are the same (obviously). The Culman is a superb pice of kit, really flexible in use, and the little Velbon head is quite smooth in operation.

My problem is that I have also got a carbon fibre tripod with a 17mm centre column, where can I get a hide clamp that goes that small, or am I going to have to get another Culman and another head (in this case a Manfrotto 390) to use in a hide?

Chris

 

[richardwp]

I should think the Delta G clamp for £39 from In Focus would fit. See http://www.at-infocus.co.uk/delta.html#accessories.

 

[cnrobinson]

The Velbon Delta G is for centre columns of 22 to 25mm. We need 17mm!