Edelkrone Wing 15. 3/8" not 1/4"!!!
That exasperating moment when you bring a brand new product home, or in this case to your hotel room and the fitting is the wrong size.
Let's be more clear shall we
I ran out to BH to pickup the newly released Edelkrone Wing 15. Simply put, a slider mechanism for your camera. Except without the long polls so it can fit nicely in your bag. A folding slider if you will.
Anyway
Turns out my cheap as hell ProVista 6510 tripod and video head that I got half priced during a BH sale (go figure) uses not only a very odd 65mm bowl (neither the standard 75mm or 100mm) but also the smaller consumer grade 1/4"-20 connection instead of the more beefy and professional 3/8"-16 one. Aggravating to say the least.
Considering the advertisement shows the Edelkrone Wing 15 being used specifically with the Blackmagic URSA MINI (which I have) that uses 1/4" holes, I rightfully assumed that the gizmo would use the same. As we have seen, not so true. I strongly believe this should be more prominently noted on the website.
At least BH is open tomorrow, but now I have to decide wether to simply return the Wing 15 or upgrade my tripod and fluid head to more professional variants.
My wallet is leaning more to the first sentence.
Let's be more clear shall we
I ran out to BH to pickup the newly released Edelkrone Wing 15. Simply put, a slider mechanism for your camera. Except without the long polls so it can fit nicely in your bag. A folding slider if you will.
Anyway
Turns out my cheap as hell ProVista 6510 tripod and video head that I got half priced during a BH sale (go figure) uses not only a very odd 65mm bowl (neither the standard 75mm or 100mm) but also the smaller consumer grade 1/4"-20 connection instead of the more beefy and professional 3/8"-16 one. Aggravating to say the least.
Considering the advertisement shows the Edelkrone Wing 15 being used specifically with the Blackmagic URSA MINI (which I have) that uses 1/4" holes, I rightfully assumed that the gizmo would use the same. As we have seen, not so true. I strongly believe this should be more prominently noted on the website.
At least BH is open tomorrow, but now I have to decide wether to simply return the Wing 15 or upgrade my tripod and fluid head to more professional variants.
My wallet is leaning more to the first sentence.
