IMO Matt this isn't a fair comparison, the reason the is the model you chose to buy the MH 1303 was a light duty model and wasn't man enough for the job and far too light for the weight of your equipment, what you needed was a 7000 series Giotto head that are made for M/F SLR s and suitable for large format cameras http://www.giottos.com/Hello,
I had a Giottos MH 1303 (and still have, in a drawer) that worked wonderfully, but it was not enough fot my RB67. The camera was just too heavy and the head would creep- or I had to realllly clamp the ball down.
I tried a Benro ball (B3)- a bit stronger, but feels cheaper than the giottos.
I have been using the Photo Clam heads for about a year now, I needed a larger head for a 4x5 monorail. Super solid and holds my 4x5 and my mamiya without problems. Well made and works as it should- I got a second, smaller model (pc33) for my second, smaller tripod. Dumbest name ever. Best Chinese made head I have used so far (they may be made in Korea, I really have no idea). Well made and has lasted through a year of abuse from me.
Still waiting to find a cheap Arca-Swiss on ebay.
Matt
I was surfing eBay shopping for a ball head for my tripod. I need something that will work with Mamiya RZ, 65mm lens and a prism. Weighs about 7lbs. I saw a new one listed as "Professional Ball Tripod Head With Quick Release Plate!"
It's Item #: 180594853786
Has anybody bought one?
We used to say the same sort of things about Japanese manufactured goods in the fiftys.Well... be sure to come back and report as soon as a screw breaks, or something else goes bad, and i'll tell you "i told you so".
We used to say the same sort of things about Japanese manufactured goods in the fiftys.
Isn't that the truth! I remember my father ragging about Japanese cars back in the 60's ("just junk, etc.") and we were driving a stick shift Mercury Comet. [rolls eyes]. Look at the landscape now in terms of brand reliability.
Low labour costs are certainly a factor, but in China they manufacture things on a vast scale and where in the West we have a factory making a product in a particular city in Chinese citys they probably have in each one a dozen huge ones all making the same product and because of the economy of scale they can be produced cheaply, and unlike Japan which is a country with very few natural resources, Chinas are vast, but in conclusion I would like to say if anyone thinks a tripod head that costs $40 will be any good wherever it's made must live in fairyland. Look at the Giotto factory http://www.giottos.com/, I paid just under £100 ( $158 U.S.) for one of their large ball heads and I find it to be of superb quality as good as I've seen anywhere.
There is some racial element in our prejudices, we in the West before WW11 generally believed that little yellow men all wore glasses had poor eyesight and couldn't fight.Yes, I agree that fairies (I thought you guys called them faeries? oh,well no matter) work cheap. They're not very big so they don't cost much to house and feed. If they get unhappy a little fairy dust changes that. Not so ethical, but hey, business is business.
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