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Yes - I use it rather than the screw clamp because the release is a different motion than operating the controls on the cube. This is part of the strategy of protecting myself from my own stupidity - at one point I had a screw clamp on the cube and found myself loosening the clamp when I thought I was leveling the camera - a potential disaster.Are you speaking of the lever clamp.
From your description, it sounds like it's simply not adjusted properly. Have you fiddled with the silver adjustment nut inside the clamp? If you turn it, you can tighten the clamping action...I could not figure out how to fix it. Any advice?
Here is a decent one. There are others as well.I think a video is in order. LOL
Let me tell you a short story relating to an AS clamp, poor instructions about how to adjust the tension in the clamp and a big hard rock in Sedona ...If the AS clamp is "broken" then you'll need a repair/replacement. I think much of the difficulty in using the AS clamp (ala the Cube) is that there is a distinct void in detailed instructions or directions in using or adjusting the clamp. No joke, my Cube came with a poorly photocopied B&W sheet of paper---looked like it was a copy that had been copied, and then again a few hundred times too many.
The instructions are piss-poor on adjustments and use. Nothing is more upsetting (startling?) than having the clamp mechanism fall-apart ( it gently explodes since its spring-loaded) in your lap while trying to fiddle/adjust the lever. It's easy enough to fix, but upsetting nonetheless. The "second-stage" catch is not well-described at all. I think Jack did a much better job selling and describing how this lever works here at GetDPI on an old thread.
Thank god AS is well-engineered. I'd hate to have to search for their FAQ page on their website. Oh wait, nevermind....
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Dear audio and everyone,From your description, it sounds like it's simply not adjusted properly. Have you fiddled with the silver adjustment nut inside the clamp? If you turn it, you can tighten the clamping action...
Cheaper? Spoken only as a true Cube owner could........I am guessing they are clearing the way for the cheaper D4.
I guess you are right. A year or so back, I would have considered myself crazy for even thinking about a $1700 tripod head, let alone buying it.Cheaper? Spoken only as a true Cube owner could....