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Old June 17th, 2008, 06:55 PM   #5
Dean Harrington
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Originally Posted by Gabriel Florit View Post
Looks very nice. Didn't Philip Bloom try out a tracking head in one of his Japan shoots? I think it cost him ~$50. But this thing looks very solid! And tilting, too! Very cool. Great find.

However: I'm not sure I like the mounting plate - if you start adding things like a 35mm adapter, extra battery, mattebox, I doubt that flimsy-looking plate will hold. Too bad! Well, let us know.
Philip used a $170 pan and tilt head that had only 2 speeds. It worked very well. The speed control on the Orion unit sounds like more control on speed ~ well worth the costs.
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