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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:)



Almost. On a Markins, Kirk, Arca-Swiss or RRS ball head, the answer would be yes. But on the Bogen it is 1/2 correct. If you let go of the camera, it will not stay put using the Bogen. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. I do as you describe on the Bogen, but if I want to let go of the camera, I just snug up the tension before I let go of the camera. This is why the Bogen head is so much cheaper than the good heads. The Bogen's Tension control is not repeatable and is inconsistent.

Both AF300mmF4 with Kenco TC and AFS300mmf4 with Nikon TC is killer combos that gives great sharpness. I was just pointing out that on the older system it was sometimes slow to focus and on the newer system, the focusing is great. I have used both lens setups for a few years myself.

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