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B&H sells the tripod for $440 and the head for $380. You will need a quick release.
See above comments from others.
Steve
-- Steve Bingham (www.dustylens.com), March 30, 1998
i think that the days of the arca "crushing" it's competition are over. i have been
using the kirk ballhead for about a year and it is a great head. one comment about
really right stuff- i called to place an order and the person i spoke to was so rude
and unhelpful i ended up buying somewhere else. i hope my experience was
untypical. what a jerk!
-- Greg Rothschild, April 4, 1998
Regarding RRS, when I ask a supplier or manufacturer a product related technical
question, I appreciate a straight, no BS, technical answer. When I ask the RRS
people a technical question, this is exactly what I get, and I appreciate it.
Regarding the Kirk Model BH-1 ball head. The price is certainly lower than that of
the Arca-Swiss B-1. The question is, does it work properly under field conditions
and is it reliable? Regarding the current version of the Kirk product, in my opinion
the jury is still out.
Tom
-- Charles T. (Tom) Hoskinson --, April 7, 1998
I'm a pan/tilt kind of guy right now, shooting mostly landscapes and macro work. I
appreciate the fine degree of adjustment the Bogen 3275 (410) geared head gives
me. My only regret is that us pan/tilt users are left out in the cold when it comes to
quick-release plates.
Conversations with Bryan Geyer at RRS left me with nothing but frustration, until I
accepted the fact that he is serving a highly specialized market niche, and that niche
is NOT pan tilt heads. It's too bad that those of us who do not use Arca-style
clamps cannot take advantage of RRS products, for all their advantages would
work for us too. The non-twist feature of the RRS plates is highly desirable but
unattainable for anyone but Arca-style devotees.
Arca and other ballheads are great. RRS is great. But there are other types of heads
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