Mamiya 35mm f3.5

[Bob]

I have been borrowing a Bogen 405 on a extended loan and I have it mounted on a Gitzo series 3 systematic, and the thing that irks me is about the 405 is that I can actually see it wobble when the mirror slaps on the AFD III.
I think I need to send it back.
The Bogen is equipped with circular levels, which are a bit dicey unless they are the high precision large diameter type (like the Apla version).
My mouse finger is getting itchy.
-bob

 

[Bob]

:ROTFL:


Just to whet your appetite a bit more, but excuse the images as they are --- ahem -- Canon shots:

and,

and for comparison,

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Jack,
Unless the real thing has better shadow detail it is no deal.
-bob

p.s.
I am weakening

 

[Jack]

Bob, the real thing not only has better shadow detail, it feels like you are winding a swiss watch as you make the leveling adjustments.


Did I mention that the tilts are nodal (or at least close enough to the lens axis to be called such) too? Note that first image again -- (or twice ) -- and you can see that with a simple sliding plate, you can get nodal multi-row stitches. So in effect, this head SAVES you money because you won't need a full pano head!






:ROTFL:,

 

[PeterA]

ha! I am glad you posted this jacko- I have had one on order with the guys at Capture Intergration for liek 2 months...and was going to cancel...but..maybe..not.

 

[Jack]

Pete: Sent you a PM

 

[Dale Allyn]

In Stock

And oh so cheap. Guess I should have moved my IRA over to Cubes instead of where it was sitting during the last few months.

 

[Jack]

What's amazing is I paid half that for mine a few years back... Glad I bought in then

Did I mention it's just like having your camera mounted and adjustable like a surveyor's transit?


D),

 

[jlm]

as of today, it would hurt 2,399 times

 

[Jack]

John, trust me it will only hurt once. Then after you use it the first time, you forget all about the original purchase price pain. Think of it as a really nice XY + index milling base for your camera

 

[Guy Mancuso]

John needs to make these for us poor folk. LOL