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I think my next mount will be a geared head. I just want the precise control they offer.

I tried out that Manfrotto hydrostatic ballhead in a store a week ago and was impressed just how solid that thing is. After I turned the knob to tighten it up, that ball wasn't moving no matter how much force I applied to it. At that time I didn't really want to spend $250 on the head (I was...

Ha...my camera almost took a bath in Lake Michigan after my tripod partially collapsed tonight. Will be headed out this weekend to find a solid body and head. I can feel a headache coming on...

That strap looks nice. The main problem I'd have with it is that it connects to the tripod socket. If I had a heavy lens with its own tripod connector then maybe it's not an issue, but if I don't, then I constantly have to remove the strap connector in order to mount the camera on a tripod.

I guess I haven't been shooting long enough to figure out the benefits of a really expensive tripod. My first one I bought as an impulse purchase at a Best Buy in San Francisco when I brought my DSLR there for the first time. I wanted to go up and take some night shots from Twin Peaks and I...