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Hi C Wright,
that really supprises me, RRS, does not have a safy thingy...I don't have
any RRS quick release plates, but Arca Swiss with quick release, which has a
leaver which needs to be pulled first before it can be turned to open.
thanks for sharing that information as I was thinking of getting some for my
other RRS gear!
Henrik
"C Wright" <wright9_nojunk@nojunk_mac.com> wrote in message
news:BF23CF3D.35FDC%wright9_nojunk@nojunk_mac.com...
> On 8/13/05 1:06 PM, in article
> bob_salomon-A928A4.14065013082005@news.isp.giganews.com, "Bob Salomon"
> <bob_salomon@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <BF239F64.35F3B%wright9_nojunk@nojunk_mac.com>,
>> C Wright <wright9_nojunk@nojunk_mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't understand why so many 'quick release' tripod heads
>>> use a knob instead of a lever.
>>
>> Awfully easy to accidently bump a lever. That is why the wrench supplied
>> with the Linhof Quickfix can be used as a safety guard to protect the
>> quickrelease lever.
>>
>> On the other hand Giotto's Kaiser and Novoflex use a safety lock that
>> you have to push while pushing the quickrelease plate release. An
>> unprotected lever can make your equipment end up on the ground.
>
> What you say may be true, but not in my experience. I use a RRS ball head
> with the lever quick release (no safety lock) and have not to date had my
> equipment end up on the ground. It takes a pretty long pull on the lever,
> not a simple bump, to open it.
>
>
/www.markins.com/2.0/eng/products/ballheads/m10.html
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