Ball Head Lock Knob
From the position where both the tension knob blue outer ring and lock knob silver outer knob are completely disengaged the ball head will literally flop around if moved turn the outer silver locking ring clockwise until you ve reached the level of tension you want in your ball head for movement without your camera falling over right.
Ball head lock knob. Hi camp if you can t turn the main lock knob mlk by hand but the ball is free moving it needs to go clockwise to free up. A high quality ball head will lock very securely and stay put without any slippage typically by twisting a single knob to the fully locked position. The really right stuff bh 55 ball head has a substantially sized 0 81 20 4 mm at maximum diameter tapered round shaped for easy rolling in the fingers machined aluminum panning brake lock knob and utilizing a drum and band design it locks very tightly with only minimal torque applied. My first impressions of the highline ballhead.
The highline ballhead makes a great impression from the get go. The highline ballhead is has a 70 lb 32 kg load capacity though the ballhead itself weighs just 16 oz 0 45 kg. A secure ball lock. Most tripod ball heads has at least two knobs main locking knob for the ball and pan locking knob.
It should not be necessary to make additional adjustments to the friction control knob 1 unless a different degree of friction needs to be set. The slik manfrotto combination has load rating of 13 lbs but weights only 3 lbs. Once locked the camera. 35 3 lb magnesium alloy construction hydrostatic ball and socket lock lock is easily tightened ball and socket tension control two sided 90 portrait angle tilt independent 360 deg.
The ball itself is 1 89 in 4 8 cm in diameter. So after one field trip i returned the oben and ordered 496rc2 to go with my existing slik pro 340 amt legs. Rotation with lock three bubble levels clamp for arca type quick release plates msq6pl qr plate 1 4 quot. However some heads has more knobs for example sirui g 10kx has four pan locking main locking friction and plate locking.
Buy manfrotto 468mg hydrostatic ball head with msq6pl quick release plate featuring load capacity. Try wrapping a thin kitchen towel rubber jar opener or even a large rubber band around the knob to get a good grip and turn in a righty tighty clockwise direction. Ball head lock release knob 2.