Tripod ball heads
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
I've only had a ball head so am not familiar with pan & tilt heads.
An L plate would make it easier still.
Don't think there is a L plate for the K5
RRS make one, Kirk make a universal one and there are a few on flea bay I believe.
Would a ball head solve this problem.
I doubt it .... a thinking head might!
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
When I put the tripod head into portrait mode the camera lens is parallel to the ground. I am then unable to tilt it up or down.
Is there something still locked?
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Do you have a model number or photo of your head to show the problem
regards
Bernard
i have a giottos MTL 9361B tripod with MH5001 pan/tilt head and there is no problem moving up and down in portrait position with this. it may be your head is not 3 way pan/tilt
Problem solved. I had put the quick release plate onto my camera 90deg out. It now works the way it should. Put yours on like mine just to see what I happens.
Do you have the camera attached to the QR plate in the right direction? I cant see how changing from landscape to portrait needs a leg to be adjusted.
If only I had understood what you were meaning Ken. It is now blindingly obvious.
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12 years
Turnberry,
Ayrshire
Would a ball head solve this problem.