Based on your suggestions I got this
RedGed RP-3 ballhead (
$49 at Adorama), and find it a little strange behaving:
* Camera plate turns and fits easily into one of the side-slots, while fits very tight in an opposite side-slot;
* Camera plate does not turn easily around its axis in that 'tight' side-slot, but when done, looks like camera plate wants to turn around its axis anticlockwise, but does not turn clockwise;
* After loosing the main lever, the very thin base of the ballhead turns into one direction (
like panoramic base), does not turn into opposite direction.
Is that such a design, or my unit is faulty?
The purpose of this ballhead is for my Sirui cf 326 monopod, as I have ArcaSwiss Monoball for Gitzo Explorer tripod.
Question:
Is that possible to remove top camera plate, to be replaced with Arca compatible QR-plate? Or just fix the QR-plate to the main plate?
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Originally posted by csa The second photo is of my new RedGed RP-3 ballhead.