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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2006Bogen 3229 or 3232 Monopod Head?
I've seen web pages recommending the 3232 head with an Acra-type quick release. But I see that the 3229 is much cheaper. It looks like the QR on the 3229 is plastic. So does it weigh less that a 3232 + QR? Is there some downside to a 3229? Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). > I've seen web pages recommending the 3232 head with an Acra-type quick > release. But I see that the 3229 is much cheaper. It looks like the QR on > the 3229 is plastic. So does it weigh less that a 3232 + QR? Is there some > downside to a 3229? It looks like the difference is just that one comes with the quick release and the other doesn't. If you're already using the Bogen quick release, then get the one with that, and if not, you'd be better off sticking to the Arca-type release anyway. Also, make sure that kind of head is what you want; I find those so restrictive that it makes a monopod useless. I wouldn't want to use one without at least a small ball head.  SignatureJeremy | jeremy@exit109.com >> I've seen web pages recommending the 3232 head with an Acra-type quick >> release. But I see that the 3229 is much cheaper. It looks like the QR on [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >restrictive that it makes a monopod useless. I wouldn't want to use one >without at least a small ball head. A ball head? But if you need to pan the camera why not simply twist the monopod? Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). >> Also, make sure that kind of head is what you want; I find those so >> restrictive that it makes a monopod useless. I wouldn't want to use one >> without at least a small ball head. > > A ball head? But if you need to pan the camera why not simply twist > the monopod? That doesn't help at all with up and down or anything else. You're stuck with the camera pointing in the direction it's pointing, and you have to actually move the whole monopod to change it a little. I'd rather not use one at all than use that kind of head. (But others like them just fine, so I'm just saying, think about it if you've never tried it.) SignatureJeremy | jeremy@exit109.com > I've seen web pages recommending the 3232 head with an Acra-type quick > release. But I see that the 3229 is much cheaper. It looks like the QR on > the 3229 is plastic. So does it weigh less that a 3232 + QR? Is there some > downside to a 3229? > > Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). I just got a 3229 for my monopod and no part of the QR mechanism is plastic. All metal from what I can see and feel. |
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