Guys,
Hoping you can help. Purchased a RT90C, I’ve read through these 9 pages but am still a little confused.
Haven’t got a huge amount of experience using them, had a couple before but where cheap & cheerful set ups.
I’m not sure which route to go down and hoping you can help me out based on all the experience on here. Regarding my shooting I’m looking to keep the set up a lightweight as possible but will accept heavier options if it brings considerable gains. I doubt I need the option for crazy angles as I don’t shoot in any mountainous regions.
I already have a hog saddle which will house rifles which don’t have RRS / Arca set up, and two AI rifles that have RRS plates attached. So my choice needs to have a QD function to swapping between the both.
These’s are the options that I think I have:
1) Direct threading the Hog saddle to supplied video bowl and Leveling platform that came with the tripod. Purchasing an additional ball head to sit on the factory metal plate.
2) Ballhead - Sunwayfoto XB-52DL GNN. Comes with a plate adaptor to attach Hog, and from what I can read a good ballhead but perhaps not as a slick set up compared with the RRS SOAR range. However being in the U.K. is easier to source.
3) RRS - Ballhead BH-55 LR. Direct thread on top to the tripod. Heavy & expensive. But no doubt the most capable.
4) RRS - Anvil 30. Correct me if I am wrong, threads direct on top without an adaptor needed? Only negative I can see is that the QD lever’s are very close together and could accidentally flip the wrong one. Lightweight, cheaper and accept pic rail as well as RRS/Arca.
5) RRS Leveling base. TA-3 from what I’ve read can’t be used with the RRS supplied video bowl, but can use the Tripod supplied video bowl. However it’s limited movement and “gritty” in the stock bowl and doesn’t allow a pan it’s either locked on or off? Is that correct?
Also TA-2U-SC. Screws directly on and uses it’s own bowl? I can’t figure out if it’s a better or worse option to those above.
Please help with the pros and cons of each and help me arrive at a conclusion. Value for money is important to me, also there is quite a few options above so don’t confuse matters with other suggestions!
Thanks in advance, Mark
Hoping you can help. Purchased a RT90C, I’ve read through these 9 pages but am still a little confused.
Haven’t got a huge amount of experience using them, had a couple before but where cheap & cheerful set ups.
I’m not sure which route to go down and hoping you can help me out based on all the experience on here. Regarding my shooting I’m looking to keep the set up a lightweight as possible but will accept heavier options if it brings considerable gains. I doubt I need the option for crazy angles as I don’t shoot in any mountainous regions.
I already have a hog saddle which will house rifles which don’t have RRS / Arca set up, and two AI rifles that have RRS plates attached. So my choice needs to have a QD function to swapping between the both.
These’s are the options that I think I have:
1) Direct threading the Hog saddle to supplied video bowl and Leveling platform that came with the tripod. Purchasing an additional ball head to sit on the factory metal plate.
2) Ballhead - Sunwayfoto XB-52DL GNN. Comes with a plate adaptor to attach Hog, and from what I can read a good ballhead but perhaps not as a slick set up compared with the RRS SOAR range. However being in the U.K. is easier to source.
3) RRS - Ballhead BH-55 LR. Direct thread on top to the tripod. Heavy & expensive. But no doubt the most capable.
4) RRS - Anvil 30. Correct me if I am wrong, threads direct on top without an adaptor needed? Only negative I can see is that the QD lever’s are very close together and could accidentally flip the wrong one. Lightweight, cheaper and accept pic rail as well as RRS/Arca.
5) RRS Leveling base. TA-3 from what I’ve read can’t be used with the RRS supplied video bowl, but can use the Tripod supplied video bowl. However it’s limited movement and “gritty” in the stock bowl and doesn’t allow a pan it’s either locked on or off? Is that correct?
Also TA-2U-SC. Screws directly on and uses it’s own bowl? I can’t figure out if it’s a better or worse option to those above.
Please help with the pros and cons of each and help me arrive at a conclusion. Value for money is important to me, also there is quite a few options above so don’t confuse matters with other suggestions!
Thanks in advance, Mark