which ballhead better? Giottos or Benro?

[cha_alex]

Please advise if comparing in the same weight capacity.  TIA

[Michael]

I'd pick Benro for their plates. It's the same as the arca swiss or wemberly ones. Very tough and tight.

[cha_alex]

I'd pick Benro for their plates. It's the same as the arca swiss or wemberly ones. Very tough and tight.

u mean QR plate?  Giottos not good? how abt the performance of the ball itself?  creeping?

[UKay]

dont get the benros... they are crap.... totally shitty crap

[cha_alex]

dont get the benros... they are crap.... totally shitty crap

Can share your expereience?

[Michael]

I tried the Benro, the Giottos, the Manfrotto and the Arca Swiss.

Giottos: camera mounting plate is rounded, so i insert it like a man having sex with a woman (tripod ball head).

Benro: arca swiss kind of plate. it's those slider type with a knob to tighten the sides.

Manfrotto: a squarish plate that plugs into the ball head.

Arca Swiss: the sliding type.

All i can say is, for the Benro and Arca Swiss, when the camera is mounted on the ball head, it will not move. whereas, the plates for the giottos and manfrotto, after locking it into place, it still moves around. however, ball head creeps. that means, when tightening it, the camera will droop...

damn it, imagine after all the composition, u tighten, it droops while u tighten. u curse. even after tightening, after you leave a camera with a heavy lens on it for five minutes, it will droop. that happened to all except arca swiss. so moral of story, get a ball head that is able to handle WAAAAY more than the required state load.

[Dream Merchant]

I tried the Benro, the Giottos, the Manfrotto and the Arca Swiss.

Giottos: camera mounting plate is rounded, so i insert it like a man having sex with a woman (tripod ball head).

Benro: arca swiss kind of plate. it's those slider type with a knob to tighten the sides.

Manfrotto: a squarish plate that plugs into the ball head.

Arca Swiss: the sliding type.

All i can say is, for the Benro and Arca Swiss, when the camera is mounted on the ball head, it will not move. whereas, the plates for the giottos and manfrotto, after locking it into place, it still moves around. however, ball head creeps. that means, when tightening it, the camera will droop...

damn it, imagine after all the composition, u tighten, it droops while u tighten. u curse. even after tightening, after you leave a camera with a heavy lens on it for five minutes, it will droop. that happened to all except arca swiss. so moral of story, get a ball head that is able to handle WAAAAY more than the required state load.

HUH?

Poor Mikey. So much has happened to one so young ... for chronic drooping problems, you need the strongest and best system money can buy.

[Michael]

24-70 can kill most ball heads.

i got the arca swiss already.

3 things for ball heads
1) the plate when mounted to the ball head, must not move/shake
2) when tightening, the ball head must not move camera
3) when tightened, the ball head must not droop

[hwchoy]

HUH?

Poor Mikey. So much has happened to one so young ... for chronic drooping problems, you need the strongest and best system money can buy.

mikey has a drooping problem with his new 24-70? my magic drainpipe doesn't droop even though it is such an old thing already not to mention longer and heavier.

[Dream Merchant]

mikey has a drooping problem with his new 24-70? my magic drainpipe doesn't droop even though it is such an old thing already not to mention longer and heavier.

SHHH! Old Eagles know secret exercises to strength and stability that young uns will not be able to handle without close supervision.

[Michael]

what? PC exercises? lol

[UKay]

i just marvel at the ways u two oldies and this young pevert can twist ANYTHING to be S orientated...  sibei 

[hwchoy]

did you know that the fabulous classy Jaguar cars are named as S-type, and X-type? not forgetting their timeless E-type.

[hwchoy]

what? PC exercises? lol

you missing one more C

[+evenstar]