Does anyone here have both the new Manfrotto ball head 498RC2 and the old reliable 488RC2?
The new is smaller and lighter which is great, however how does it perform stability wise? Thanks.
Nick5 Goldmember  More info | Jul 26, 2010 08:26 | #1 Does anyone here have both the new Manfrotto ball head 498RC2 and the old reliable 488RC2? Canon 5D Mark III (x2), BG-E11 Grips, 7D (x2) BG-E7 Grips, Canon Lenses 16-35 f/4 L IS, 17-40 f/4 L, 24-70 f/4 L IS, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II, 70-200 f/4 L IS, 70-200 f/4 L IS Version II, 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS Version II, TS-E 24 f/3.5 L II, 100 f/2.8 L Macro IS, 10-22 f3.5-4.5, 17-55 f/2.8 L IS, 85 f/1.8, Canon 1.4 Extender III, 5 Canon 600 EX-RT, 2 Canon ST-E3 Transmitters, Canon Pixma PRO-10 Printer
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mrCAMPO Member  60 posts Joined Jan 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia More info | Jul 26, 2010 20:44 | #2 I had the old 488RC2. I had compared them in the shop side by side (before I bought my BH55), and of course the 498 was a bit lighter with the great addition of the friction knob. Canon EOS 7D
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Scoobs Senior Member  636 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Swf, Essex, Uk More info | Jul 27, 2010 02:12 | #3 I've just got the 498RC2 and used it for the first time today for some early morning landscape shots.
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EvanIdler Goldmember  1,600 posts Likes: 4 Joined May 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada More info | Jul 27, 2010 11:50 | #4 Scoobs wrote in post #10609569  I've just got the 498RC2 and used it for the first time today for some early morning landscape shots. It held my 7D, grip and 70-200 2.8 with no issues in both landscape and portrait settings. I'm very pleased with it so far. Only niggle so far is the friction knob is a bit close to the pan lock knob but then i do have big hands. I find the same thing with the Friction Knob, but as least you can pull the plast knobs out slighty, and you can turn them around, to a new possition so that your fingers don't hit it when tightening/loosening the Pad lock. And the 498 seems to hold my Bigma and BigMOS with more stability than my old 486 did. Canon5DIII + Some L + Some non L + Some Sigma + Some Tamron + other stuff....
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 163 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | Jul 27, 2010 11:56 | #5 Evan Idler wrote in post #10611888 And the 498 seems to hold my Bigma and BigMOS with more stability than my old 486 did. That does not surprise me one bit. I have both the 486RC2 and 488RC2, and the 486RC2 will typically drift a bit with a heavy lens mounted while the 488 does not. Skip Douglas
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Scoobs Senior Member 636 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Swf, Essex, Uk More info | Jul 28, 2010 11:22 | #6 Evan Idler wrote in post #10611888 I find the same thing with the Friction Knob, but as least you can pull the plast knobs out slighty, and you can turn them around, to a new possition so that your fingers don't hit it when tightening/loosening the Pad lock. And the 498 seems to hold my Bigma and BigMOS with more stability than my old 486 did. --Evan Excellent info, I'll try this later. Thanks
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TomBrooklyn Member 204 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY More info | How much difference does having the friction knob make?
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