Re: Mongoose M-262 Action Head
Jeff
I have one and it works great. Very fluid, balances well, and sets up quickly. I use it with my 70-200mm lens, as well as my 400mm lens. I don't think it's rated for lenses larger than that, althought 3DDesigns does make larger heads, as well. I find that it is much smoother and easy to operate than a ballhead with similar lens attached.
The setup requires that the lens have a tripod foot (and I think, but don't really remember at the moment, that a arca-swiss plate is required). I really don't have any complaints about the unit other than needing to swap out heads when I want to shoot with shorter lenses without tripod feet or carry a 2nd tripod). That gives a slight edge toward the Wimberly Sidekick, but I wouldn't give up the Mongoose for this reason.
Feel free to ask any specific questions you might have and I'll do my best to answer them.
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