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Pros:Practical, stable, extremely robust, precise even in the smallest movements and excellent quality of the materials used. The plate and its quick release system are also excellent, once tightened it becomes practically a single body with the head and obviously is equipped with safety against accidental release.
Cons:Weight and slight footprint, although I believe they are factors, tend to no longer be considered once you realize the stability it offers.
Opinion:I was lucky enough to find it used and in perfect condition and it is worth every penny spent. Excellent for handling heavy loads that do not affect the fluidity and precision of movements. Needless to say, for this head, given its stability as well as weight, it is more than due to the choice of an adequate tripod, of equal workmanship and robustness.
Opinion:Recommended for landscapers, once proven becomes irreplaceable. Simple and smooth in quick, precise and fluid movements in the finishing movements... You'll be able to find the perfect framing of your images immediately, without the risk of unwanted movements. Requires an important tripod, gitzo in carbon is his death. It is heavy, but comfortable to carry in tow, the plate is bulky... It would be to be revised in size, but the graft is very fast and extremely safe. I've always had high-level easets and heads, for me it's the best
Cons:Very important weight and size, price list decidedly high, cumbersome to use but I already knew it.
Opinion:I was looking for a 410 used to do close up and I never found it at a decent price, I found this at a price and made it my own, I am absolutely satisfied. It holds even the 70-200 duplicate without the slightest problem, I suppose it can hold even a 500 f4 without problems, but I don't have it and I can't try it. The only mole, the umpteenth proprietary Manfrotto plate, to bring it to the Arca Swiss standard I screwed them over a 7 Euro compatible clamp. Update 07/06/2018: I purchased an iShoot millimeter sled (52 Euros shipping included), obviously to make macros, I removed the compatible clamp from the plate and screwed them directly over the sled, so I use the 405 only for macros and close ups. Update 2020: I purchased a second sled, a used RRS that I mounted cross over the iShoot to have the back-to-back and left-right movements. The RRS has a lever clamp, requires more attention (the lever may release if something becomes entangled) but allows you to change the camera (with mounted L-bracket) from horizontal to vertical in an instant.
Pros:Robust and effective. The large size makes it easy to use. Regge also super telephoto with heavy bodies, for millimeter-shots.
Cons:Obviously, the weight and size (attention, not 1.60 kg, but 25.2 kg), but if you buy it is a sign you need. Even the high price, more than double when compared to sister 410. Transport shoulder almost impossible
Opinion:Having also a 410, I would never have bought this new head. But I found the opportunity at a good price, with the conversion kit for Arca Swiss, on the recommendation of a friend. I find it excellent in the case of very heavy equipment, type super telephoto, for shots in which the request is absolute absence of vibrations, eg. He is shooting with teleconverter, obviously in static situations. Very convenient centering of small subjects at great distances with high ingrandimenti.rnOvviamente all heavy and bulky equipment will benefit from the use. To be coupled to suitable stand. rnUtilizzo with car in tow, partly because the stand must in turn be ponderous, and not least the equipment with which to use it, machines and objectives
Pros:Solid, sturdy, smooth motion and very accurate, vibration almost nonexistent
Cons:Cost, weight and size
Opinion:Head excellent, perfect for the macro-picture, very stable with micrometric movements very accurate, no vibration (this also to the tripod to which I coupled, a Gitzo Basalt fiber) and definitely very stable, I think is one of the best photographic heads precision on mercato.rnDi against which he certainly is not light and small, so unfit to travel, where such a good ball head can fit ... it is a bit too heavy to go hiking in the countryside, but its stability, solidity and fluidity of movement justify the little effort made! rnSe just want to find something else that I do not like: positive tilt angle a little too small, for example nocturnal landscape photos with the Milky Way is not recommended, or necessary to engage the camera in the opposite direction, certainly geared head is not designed for the landscape, one can do whatever he wants of course makes a great laovoro but always in some applications has limits like the one mentioned!
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