Jon O'Brien Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Hi, I have a Ronford Baker fluid head, with Mitchell base. I need some legs for it. Does anyone have any experience with Proaim tripods? There are some used Ronford Baker and similar Mitchell base tripods for sale on Ebay but aveage price is quite high. Proaim make traditional heavy duty tripods, and this sort of model, too: https://www.proaim.com/proaim-gravity-professional-video-tripod-stand.html This is for a IIC film camera, and a one-man camera team, no crew to speak of. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 This is more the go: https://www.proaim.com/proaim-heavy-duty-mitchell-tripod-stand-with-spreader.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Och! 'tis a lonely walk upon yonder heathery heights .. and no man nor beasty canna advise a lowly independent filmmaker, aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 19, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2019 That second link looks like they copied the design of a Ronford-Baker heavy duty tripod. The price is very low, especially since it includes the spreader. I have no experience with with Proaim's product but when something looks too good to be true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Aye...true. Good point. I've located a R.B. legs in Australia. Somewhat more in price, but that's filmmaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 What is the maximum payload weight of a Ronford Baker Medium Duty tripod? And a R-B Heavy Duty? By maximum weight I mean what combined weight of camera and fluid head can the legs carry? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 25, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Jon O'Brien said: What is the maximum payload weight of a Ronford Baker Medium Duty tripod? And a R-B Heavy Duty? By maximum weight I mean what combined weight of camera and fluid head can the legs carry? Thank you. http://www.ronfordbaker.co.uk/ Here you should be able to find everything you need to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 I looked, but it doesn't say. From other websites eg. Abelcine it looks like medium duty R-B might support up to 150 lbs. Heavy duty up to 200 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Emailed Ronford Baker and got this swift reply: "Our two stage Medium duty tripod will take 60 Kgs. Best Regards" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Got my used R-B legs. They are amazingly good. Very pleased. Film stock next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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