Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/21
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On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Five Senses Productions wrote:
> I don't know where the problems are that all of you have with Gitzo
> ball heads. I own a Gitzo carbon fiber Mountaineer tripod and matching
> ball head G1276. It is VERY well made, as all Gitzo products are, and
> it has very smooth and fluid rotation and panning. I have never had a
> problem with it at all. It is definitely a better head that the
> hard-to-release
> Bogen units I used to have.
Granted that the Gitzo's are much better than the Manfrotto(Bogen) heads, but
I think most will agree that the Arca Swiss B1 is very hard to beat.
Duncan