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Old June 12th, 2008, 12:40 AM   #3
Matt Irwin
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Burbank, CA
Posts: 268
Corey,
What condition are the legs in? New? Been through combat?
Make sure the locks and pivot points are good and tight, with minimal side-to-side play.
I haven't worked with Cartoni's legs (don't know how naturally prone to wind-up they are), but I've found their smaller heads to be a bit squirrely. If you have access to a different tripod/head kit of the same bowl size, you could trade the heads and see if there is any change with the different combination, then trade/upgrade to taste.

To help stability, you can anchor the top/center of the tripod to a sandbag with a ratchet strap. Or bag each leg. Or get your hands on a 100mm Ronford tripod....
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