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 02/09/2005 06:32:07 PM · #1
Last week I was researching tripods and I ended up here. :o) You all gave such good advice that I went ahead and bought the Bogen 3021BP with the 322RC2 head from B&H.

It's just arrived and already I've managed to pinch my thumb! Ouch!

Here is my question: the head attachment plate(F) is *very* wobbly and there is only one little push-button(Q). I note that there are two holes on the column...

Is this normal???
 02/09/2005 06:36:56 PM · #2
I'm confused...but there should be nothing wobbly about your tripod.

Can you take a photo?
 02/09/2005 06:40:01 PM · #3
I have this same combo, but I'm not sure what "little push-button" you are talking about. Mine has a large lever on the grip which allows the head to move on the ball. There's also a dial on the grip for adjusting the tension on the ball. The quick-release plate has 2 levers--one large and one small. The small lever is a safety for the large lever. When you open the large lever the plate is released.

Can you give a better description, or even show us a photo?

Message edited by author 2005-02-09 18:40:35.
 02/09/2005 07:00:39 PM · #4
OMG... *embarrassed*
Err... I had the center column upside down.

When I took it out of the box there was a plastic 'knob' on top of the round metal plate and at the other end of the column was a plastic triangular 'plate' with a screw. Since that was the end with the proper screw, I thought that was where I needed to attach the head. So I took the column out and reversed it.

I just figured out that the 'knob' is actually a screw cap. Heh.

It's not so wobbly anymore.

Lesson: Stop. Take a deep breath. Take another one. Then assemble new toy. Oh... and maybe actually *look* at the diagrams in TFM.

Thanks for looking. Sorry.

*twit*
 02/09/2005 07:02:04 PM · #5
hehe...no problem, you're going to absolutely love that thing! It's the exact setup I have and I can't imagine being more satisfied with my purchase!
 02/09/2005 07:10:20 PM · #6
ha! *looks at the thread that brought me here in the first place*

It was your review that prompted me to buy it. You should get a commission from BH. *grin*

Thanks again.
 02/09/2005 08:25:26 PM · #7
Originally posted by MsCantBWrong:
OMG... *embarrassed*
Err... I had the center column upside down.

Maybe you should switch to a different user name. :)


02/09/2005 09:47:45 PM · #8
*giggle*

i know... i know...

My name is for the song, not because i am all-knowing.

Obviously, i can be wrong... and often am. ~wink~
 02/10/2005 01:04:41 PM · #9
I can relate -- I bought a Bogen/Manfroto monopod, and it has a thread on the top -- in 3/8". I could see that the 1/4" thread that I needed for the bottom of the camera was hiding inside, so I tried to remove the sleeve -- I twisted with my fingers, I twisted with some little pliers, I twisted with some big pliers, still not budging. Turns out the manual says it's spring loaded and retracts into the handle.
05/13/2005 12:54:27 PM · #10
Originally posted by MsCantBWrong:
OMG... *embarrassed*
Err... I had the center column upside down.

When I took it out of the box there was a plastic 'knob' on top of the round metal plate and at the other end of the column was a plastic triangular 'plate' with a screw. Since that was the end with the proper screw, I thought that was where I needed to attach the head. So I took the column out and reversed it.

I just figured out that the 'knob' is actually a screw cap. Heh.

It's not so wobbly anymore.

Lesson: Stop. Take a deep breath. Take another one. Then assemble new toy. Oh... and maybe actually *look* at the diagrams in TFM.

Thanks for looking. Sorry.

*twit*


lol when you buy a car do you try and drive from the back seat???
 05/13/2005 01:01:51 PM · #11
Originally posted by MsCantBWrong:
*giggle*

i know... i know...

My name is for the song, not because i am all-knowing.

Obviously, i can be wrong... and often am. ~wink~


You thought you were wrong once but you were just mistaken.
 05/13/2005 01:55:45 PM · #12
So here's my entry in the dumb questions about Manfrotto tripods. What the heck IS that triangular black cap on the end of the center column? If it didn't have the threaded piece I would say it's just to keep the folded legs from banging together.

Is there some kind of a hook attachment for that threaded post that lets you hang ballast on the column? Or is it just a mysterious tantilizing set of threads?
 05/13/2005 02:11:32 PM · #13
Originally posted by cghubbell:
So here's my entry in the dumb questions about Manfrotto tripods. What the heck IS that triangular black cap on the end of the center column? If it didn't have the threaded piece I would say it's just to keep the folded legs from banging together.

Is there some kind of a hook attachment for that threaded post that lets you hang ballast on the column? Or is it just a mysterious tantilizing set of threads?


You can invert the column to have the camera attached in between the legs of the tripod. That object would keep the column from falling all the way through when adjusting how far down to put the camera.
 05/13/2005 02:28:09 PM · #14
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
You can invert the column to have the camera attached in between the legs of the tripod. That object would keep the column from falling all the way through when adjusting how far down to put the camera.


Yeah, I know about inverting the post :)

I want to know why there's a threaded post protruding from the black cap. Only thing I can think of is that there's a way to screw in a hook that you can hang stabilizing ballast from... But I haven't seen anything. Just trying to find out if anyone has found a use for that threaded post.
 05/13/2005 02:30:58 PM · #15
Originally posted by cghubbell:
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
You can invert the column to have the camera attached in between the legs of the tripod. That object would keep the column from falling all the way through when adjusting how far down to put the camera.


Yeah, I know about inverting the post :)

I want to know why there's a threaded post protruding from the black cap.


It screws into the end of the post so it's not protruding (at least on mine that's the way it is). There's a ring on the side of the tripod itself for hanging something to add weight.
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