OT: Miller tripod for VX2K / Z1?

NickHope wrote on 8/1/2005, 2:09 AM

I was intending to go to the Miller dealer in Bangkok next month and browse tripods, but I've got a potential job shooting a rugby match for ESPN on 9th August so I need to get one sorted quicker than that.

Can anyone give me advice on which Miller setup to buy? It needs to fit well with the VX2000 I have now and the Z1 I intend to buy in the future. And it needs to occasionally stand in the sea without corroding. Light weight would be great advantage.

A quick browse of the Miller site throws up the DS10 fluid head with Solo DV carbon legs. How does that sound?

Does the head come with everything I need to mount the VX2K?

Also should I be looking at extras? Spreaders? Hardwired remotes that fit on the handle, like the Sony tripods have?

thanks!

Nick

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NickHope wrote on 10/16/2006, 8:26 PM

Sherman, it all depends which head you have and (on the DS10 and above), which position you have the counterbalance set. My VX2000 is fairly happy on the DS10 with counterbalance position 1 although there is a bit of springback from the furthest extents of a tilt (Z1 is perfect). There is a DS5 below this which I would have thought suited a DVX100a well.

It was the Solo legs that sold the Miller to me over the likes of Sachtler, Vinten and Manfrotto. I was warned against trying to put non-Miller heads on the solo legs.

Ralph on a Z1 you can achieve a speed 4 or 5 times slower with the rocker on the body than you can with any lanc controller.