kdphotography
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Am I spokesman for the Cube? No, but if they ever ask I would be
I hear Arca-Swiss has a position open for AS Cube Master Assimulators....
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Am I spokesman for the Cube? No, but if they ever ask I would be
We have an order of four coming in a few weeks, three are spoken for.Dave/ Steve, any cube's in stock?
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Thanks. Your setup looks very solid to me, Jack. Have you ever tested the Cube against a really solid ball head to see if there is any difference in results with longer lenses? Also, do you use a levelling base for your tripod with the Cube?Howard, the Cube sits no taller than any equivalent ballhead, so is NOTHING like extending the center column. Also, a tech camera with movements allows you to tweak composition while maintaining camera level through the rise/fall/shift adjustments.
To add to Don's and my pano comments, here is my regular set-up with the Cube, complete with sliding RRS rail plate with SCREW down clamp, which I prefer to QR clamps. I simply slide to rail in or out to achieve the nodal or null parallax point point for the stitch:
Well, with up to 300's it's been fine. For big glass, as I said above, I generally prefer the Wimberley.Thanks. Your setup looks very solid to me, Jack. Have you ever tested the Cube against a really solid ball head to see if there is any difference in results with longer lenses? Also, do you use a levelling base for your tripod with the Cube?
Thanks:NO user manual anywhere, Arca is pre-stone-age regarding websites -- they don't have one. The roll and pitch movements are geared, and have friction adjustments that will lock them, but it's not necessary --- the whole benefit to geared heads is they stay put WITHOUT being locked down. The pan movements are not geared, so friction and are lockable. There is also a gross angle track that you can see extended in Don's shot, and it is friction and lockable. End of the day, this design is also very light for what it is at just over 2 pounds.
I posted the pic to show what a Cube looks like in repsonse to the thread starter's question. Apologies if you dont like the pic of a cube with an Alpa on it. Dont know whatyou mean by the term a lot of stuff - the cube is no larger than a RRS large ballhead and a lot more useful to me - becaue it allows me to get a level - a lot of people have used all sorts of words to repeat the gist of what I said with far less words tpeople in this forum oftetn just liek to say stuff dressed up to make themselves sound important or knowledgeable to themselves.Looking at the setup of the Alpa with the Cube, two thoughts occurred to me. First, there is a lot of "stuff" between the platform of the tripod itself and the base of the camera. I would expect that the best solution in terms of rigidity would be to attach the camera directly to the platform. That's obviously not practical. However, you would generally not want to use a center column to raise the camera above the tripod platform. The Cube at least appears to violate that principle by putting the camera up there on a perch with lots of "stuff" to vibrate. Second, one of the major advantages cited for the Cube is the ability to precisely compose your photograph. With a tech camera, you have no ability to compose accurately anyway, unless you remove your digital back each time you frame a shot.
It would be interesting to see some careful comparisons of 60mp shots with longer lenses(200mm or 300mm) using the Cube v. a regular RRS ballhead.
If Really Right Stuff used the same kind of adjuster they'd do the sensible thing and (a) engrave a legend to tell you which way to turn it & (b) put a locking mechanism on the adjuster so that it doesn't pop apart throwing washers everywhere. :deadhorse:Thanks Graham. I'm surprised that Arca still has that problem.
I posted the pic to show what a Cube looks like in repsonse to the thread starter's question. Pete
Easy --- you turn the knob the same direction you want your bubble to moveIf Really Right Stuff used the same kind of adjuster they'd do the sensible thing and (a) engrave a legend to tell you which way to turn it