First real test of a new Arca-Swiss P0 head. The native file is over 10' long at 240 ppi.
Great Falls National Park, just outside of Washington, D.C..
Canon 6D, Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS, Formatt-Hitech 6-stop ND, 3-stop GND - 19 images - 116mm, f/8, 1.3s, ISO 400
Hi Dave,
I also bought an
Arca Swiss P0 head about 18 months ago, thought it might be better than my
Acratech GV2, but couldn't get along with it, as it doesn't have an easy way to set up a level pan stitching set of shots, unless you invert it and then you lose the level, so I added a
Novaflex Pano plate to the base of it, but then I found I didn't like how the
"aspherical ball also creates a gravitational friction force thus preventing sudden camera deviation" works to stop easy movement of the camera into the vertical/portrait position, so I have only used it a couple of times and gone back to my old GV2. Although I must admit that the Arca Swiss geared locking mechanism is superb and very much stronger than the GV2, which on my head now slides about quite easily with the 70-200 mounted, but I have obviously become so used to the GV2, that I would now find any other head difficult to use without thinking - so, if anyone out there has a GV2 without mounting plate (I already have my own), that they want to swap for an almost new Arca Swiss P0 head and Novaflex pano plate, then please let me know
But Dave, I really do hope the P0 is a good head for you and it is probably me that is not trying hard enough to get used to using the head, rather than anything wrong with it, as it has many rave reviews, so I suppose it comes down to the old saying of 'different horses for different courses' kind of thing and I am obviously a bit of an old mare in this respect...
Dave
