Re: new tripod head from ArcaSwiss: the C1 cube

[Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

Ellis

    Thanks for the heads up on the new Arca ball head...

I have used the Bogen Panorama head with very good success for heavy 4x5 set
ups, I am sure it could handle my 8x10 but have not tried... The Bogen
offers the ability to maneuver the lenses nodal point over the turning axis.
It has detent stops at pre set intervals, excellent pan head....my problem
was the stitching software's inability to handle very very large files!
Anyone want to buy a brand new Bogen Pan head?

Bill G


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellis Vener" <evphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: new tripod head from ArcaSwiss: the C1 cube


> FYI: just got an e-mail from the Arca-Swiss factory about a new
> tripod head, the C1 cube. It is a rational (double tilt) head with
> self locking micrometer drives, a panoramic base atop the tilts.
>
> It "offers yaw free horizontal panning ...allowing 360 degree turns
> which leaves the camera set-up perpendicular or yaw free. As the
> camera is being tilted in the center of the circle the
> object-distance barely changes and the photographer's eyes do not
> have to follow the camera."
>
> To me it sounds like this might be perfect for stiched together
> panoramics or those situations where you've set everything up but
> realize you want the camera pointed in a slightly (or greatly)
> different direction but dont want to relevel.
>
> The head is equipped with an Arca-Swiss QR shoe. No specs
> wereprovided as to price, size or weight.
>
> Most of the heads I've seen for QTVR set-ups aren't designed for big
> cameras: the C1 should support a big camera (maybe up to 8x10 or
> larger? I'm just guessing here) with ease.
>
> I'm not an Arca dealer or connected with the company in any way, but
> just thought y'all might want to know about it.
>
> Ellis