Thanks David. I will have to try this. I don’t have one of the $500 ball heads, but the tension knob and pan knob on my Manfrotto 488 will allow me to do this. I can try that in the future and see if I can get the hang of it. So you just tighten the Ball tension for example, enough to allow you to move it, but if you let go of the camera it will stay put? Sounds simple enough:)

And I did not notice the jump from a Non AFS to the AFS lens in your previous post. I do love AFS, but I was not in the market for a 300f4AFS and had to make due with the regular version. I do love the lens, but the hunting can get on your nerves.