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Originally Posted by MaximusJ
On another note, I am looking for a pistol grip. I really like the idea of not having to unscrew 3 buttons to fix the angle of my tripod's head for about the same price of a decent head. Is there any other pros or cons that I should be aware of? And for the ones that are using one of those, which one do you prefer and why?
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I have a friend with the Manfrotto pistol grip rig and he's very happy with it.
I see no problem with it unless you were going to use it with a heavy super tele, beyond 400mm. I've got a super heavy Arca-Swiss Z1 with a Wimberley Sidekick for my 500/f4, but with smaller lenses, like 70-200s and 24-105s, I think it's a great solution.
I've used Manfrotto in the past and was frustrated that they have about five different mounting/quick release systems. Besides that, they don't make adapters to go from one of their quick release solutions to another. Other than that, I was generally happy with Manfrotto, but I much prefer using Arca-Swiss quick release plates.