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Kenko KDS Mount II | | Latest Review Posted | Sirui K20x
I will reserve a "10" for those heads costing 3x more. This seems as close to a 10 without costing like one. Can handle light or heavy loads and is a good match for the travel series tripod bought separately, the T2005X (light and folds less than 15 inches). Need something that can handle a K-3 with various lenses, 10 pound telescopes, but also could be used for light equipment needing fine control like macro. And it is only 0.88 pounds.
Ball action is smooth, will see how it handles years from now if it stays that way.
The K series heads have a nice fine tuning tension control which the recommended G series heads do not have, so I spent the extra $27. That also gives me a 38mm ball (11 extra pounds of load capacity) which is helpful in situations where a heavy setup is tilted at a steep angle. Something I did not know (or should have known) is that the steeper the angle, the more a lens will weigh at the ball head because of leverage. Unless one opts for the unique eliptical ball heads of certain RRS or Arca branded heads, it is very helpful to have the extra load capacity. As well as having the nice tension tuning dial inset into the main tension knob, this allows one to set a minimum tension. As the angle gets steeper, one can increase the minimum tension without having to change the main tension knob. Will have to work on this more and see where its limits are with heavy scopes (I assume for now that the main tension knob will also need adjusti... | |
