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Posted by GeekBoy on 04/09/07 19:23
"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> "GeekBoy" <ner@nerdy.com> wrote in message
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>> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>>> Thanks Geekboy for the suggestion and I will check it out. I would like
>>> to know how the head is designed. If have other tripods here without
>>> fluid heads, and they just cannot do a really smooth pan or tilt. How
>>> well does the Velbon 607 do?
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>> Acually for a rather inexpensive tripod wold say it does quite well,
>> though do take in mind it is under $100 and you are not going to get the
>> same quality something like a Bogen. But I am satisfied with how it pans.
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> Whether a fluid head performs satisfactorily is truly a personal
> preference. If you want smooth pan at telephoto extremes I haven't found
> anything under a few thousand dollars that is satisfactory. That doesn't
> mean that I don't use lesser expensive tri-pod head configurations from
> time to time, but they don't make me happy generally. Of course, cost and
> portability are sometimes even more important. As you are testing, pay
> particular attention to the ability to smoothly start and stop pans and
> tilts. Many cheaper fluid heads will pan just fine after you get them
> going. Unfortunately, jerky starts and stops call attention to
> themselves. Sometimes this
Actually this one does not have a jerky start or stop, though it does seem a
bit tight.
> deficiency can be overcome with operator technique. Sometimes not.
>
> Steve King
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