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<blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 564794" data-attributes="member: 27017"><p>Thanks Dan ( [USER=34269]@Danno[/USER] ) and Cindy ( [USER=13196]@hark[/USER] ) for your replies. Wow Cindy, I really didn't expect you to go to that trouble of looking at reviews, etc. I had only mentioned you to let you know I was talking about you. Your write up on the new tripod you had bought (even though I knew that it wasn't the same mfg, etc) was what made me pull mine out just to give it a better look. Ha!</p><p></p><p>Most of my uses for the tripod will not be so critical that I will have to be concerned with the "level" I don't think. I was mainly thinking of landscape pano type shots, but anything has to be better than doing it handheld as I had been doing. Ha! The two main reasons I got it was 1) the price was right and 2) I wanted something solid for camera stabilization and something that would get allow me to get the camera close to the ground at different angles for those "weed" flower shots and different perspectives (POV). It does meet those criteria fine. </p><p></p><p>Leveling the head in both directions will be close to impossible IMO. It might have been easier with a single bubble level instead of two spirit levels because you would only have to focus on one level instead of two. Not only does the tightening of the ball head tweak things a little, but when rotating the head around, there is play that changes the level of the head also. IOW, the machining/assembly tolerances are not the best. It seems like this is a common design/mfg problem and that I did not get one that was out of the norm for this head.</p><p></p><p>I am curious on @<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-12541-roy1961.html" target="_blank">Roy1961</a> 's take on a comparison of this head vs. the next step up in the 250 head because I think he has both.</p><p></p><p>All in all, at the present time I am pleased with the tripod/head for the price paid. I guess if you want Swiss precision, you have to find Swiss money. LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwgrizz, post: 564794, member: 27017"] Thanks Dan ( [USER=34269]@Danno[/USER] ) and Cindy ( [USER=13196]@hark[/USER] ) for your replies. Wow Cindy, I really didn't expect you to go to that trouble of looking at reviews, etc. I had only mentioned you to let you know I was talking about you. Your write up on the new tripod you had bought (even though I knew that it wasn't the same mfg, etc) was what made me pull mine out just to give it a better look. Ha! Most of my uses for the tripod will not be so critical that I will have to be concerned with the "level" I don't think. I was mainly thinking of landscape pano type shots, but anything has to be better than doing it handheld as I had been doing. Ha! The two main reasons I got it was 1) the price was right and 2) I wanted something solid for camera stabilization and something that would get allow me to get the camera close to the ground at different angles for those "weed" flower shots and different perspectives (POV). It does meet those criteria fine. Leveling the head in both directions will be close to impossible IMO. It might have been easier with a single bubble level instead of two spirit levels because you would only have to focus on one level instead of two. Not only does the tightening of the ball head tweak things a little, but when rotating the head around, there is play that changes the level of the head also. IOW, the machining/assembly tolerances are not the best. It seems like this is a common design/mfg problem and that I did not get one that was out of the norm for this head. I am curious on @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-12541-roy1961.html"]Roy1961[/URL] 's take on a comparison of this head vs. the next step up in the 250 head because I think he has both. All in all, at the present time I am pleased with the tripod/head for the price paid. I guess if you want Swiss precision, you have to find Swiss money. LOL! [/QUOTE]
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