Does anyone make a “plain” 3 way head...

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The report series or the Uni series from Berlebach?
 

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The report series or the Uni series from Berlebach?

Report 362with the 75mm Leveler (wooden grip sticking out below). Don't want to carry around a Uni.

Edit: The head requires a Uni if you want to fully accomodate the 89mm base. There is a 100mm leveler for the Unis.
 

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Sounds like it might be too big for the OP's application but the Ries tripod head(s) are "plain".


EDIT: although, I guess they are technically only 2-way not 3-way.
 

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Sounds like it might be too big for the OP's application but the Ries tripod head(s) are "plain".


EDIT: although, I guess they are technically only 2-way not 3-way.
So are some Berlebach heads. They make 2 way, 3 way, leveling heads, etc.
If you haven’t seen current Berlebach Report tripods they come in both 2 and 3 section legs, of various lengths and accept various interchangeable columns, levelers, flat plates, etc. like the Uni series.
 

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Respectfully, in living with Manfrotto for over 20 years, I did have an accidental release of the camera from the Manfrotto QR clamp simply because the QR clamp lever was PARTIALLY opened when the lever got bumped. Fortunately I was not foolish enough to rely solely on the QR, as I had the camera strap looped around some body part, keeping the camera and lens from falling to the ground. After discovering, at home, that the accidental release was all too easy to replicate at will, I used that as a reason for replacing the Manfrotto head+QR with a Linhof Profi II with QR. No more accidental releases after that.
When I sold the Manfrotto tripod, I kept the Linhof Profi head, but only as a backup, mounting on the new tripod an RRS head with QR system, due to the popularity of the Arca-Swiss compatible products, particularly L plates. Each step was an improvement; I have zero reason to upgrade again.
 
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I did have an accidental release of the camera from the Manfrotto QR clamp simply because the QR clamp lever was PARTIALLY opened when the lever got bumped.

The Manfrotto safety-lock does not allow the lever to be turned enough for the plate to get loose.

Thus either:

-) you did not activate the safety lock
-) your receptable did not have such lock
-) the lock was defective
-) the bump on the lever forced that lock (just a guess, I would have to investigate further on this)
 

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There was no safety lock on head or QR clamp on the Manfrotto heads back in 1990. And unlike other lever QR systems of the time, a partial release could be easily accomplished...other QR systems had better safety design. It took Manfrotto a while to catch on.
 

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Yes, here the older and newer version of the head 168, without and with safety lock:

 
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