Acratech GV2 Ballhead

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03-22-2010, 01:56 PM
Ed Vatza

Acratech GV2 Ballhead

Looking to upgrade and this ballhead looks very interesting. Any of you BPN'ers have first hand experience that you are willing to share?

Thanks.

Ed
03-22-2010, 03:27 PM
Michael Pancier

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Vatza

Looking to upgrade and this ballhead looks very interesting. Any of you BPN'ers have first hand experience that you are willing to share?

Thanks.

Ed

Ed, I have their prior version, the ultimate ballhead II and have been pleased with the build.

Not sure what they upgraded, but their products have done me good.
03-23-2010, 07:56 AM
Jerry Clement

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Vatza

Looking to upgrade and this ballhead looks very interesting. Any of you BPN'ers have first hand experience that you are willing to share?

Thanks.

Ed

I have owned my Acratech GV2 for several years, and bought it because of the weight factor, which makes it very light to carry in the back-country. I believe that it is somewhat over-rated as to the weight it can handle, however I find it can handle the weight of my Canon bodies with lens up to a 70/200mm 2.8 without any difficulty.
03-23-2010, 08:10 AM
Ed Vatza

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerry Clement

I have owned my Acratech GV2 for several years, and bought it because of the weight factor, which makes it very light to carry in the back-country. I believe that it is somewhat over-rated as to the weight it can handle, however I find it can handle the weight of my Canon bodies with lens up to a 70/200mm 2.8 without any difficulty.

Thanks. I would need it to handle as much as a 300 2.8 w/ a 5D2. Any thoughts?

Again thanks.
03-23-2010, 09:12 AM
Jerry Clement

I would say no, the Acratech will not handle the weight of the 300/2.8 very well. I find the problem is the fact that the mount-plate is suspended a fair distance from the ball, giving the load (camera & lens) on the mount-plate a lot of leverage to move your set-up, if you do not tighten the ball down tight, and this is with all adjustments with the ball-head having been made correctly.