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  1. Asking $310 OBO net, CONUS sale only. Payment by PayPal. Price includes full insurance, signature required on delivery. I bought this Z1 about four years ago, before A-S decided to force their proprietary Slidefix clamp system on buyers. A new RRS B2 AS II M6 clamp is included in the sale. It comes in it's original box with user manual. The head has been defect free. The ballhead has mostly been used indoors but has one external mark: a small gouge in the base where a set screw was tightened a wee bit too hard against it (see picture 3 upper right ) otherwise the cosmetics are excellent. Its in great working condition; super smooth ball rotation, heavily damped panning action just like all Z1 heads. I'm only selling because I got a geared head about a year ago.
  2. <p>I use a a Benro C2680T which is the original base tripod you're (the OP) using a variation of. The dimensions are identical.</p> <p>First, you need the ballhead panning base and ball housing to be less than or equal to 50mm<em> if </em>you want the legs to fold back parallel to the center column. I've used a Markins Q3T (actually three of them) on mine and it meets that dimensional requirement. The Q3T was specifically designed by Markins for travel tripods like the Benros and Gitzos.</p> <p>I swapped out the regular center column for a short center column and now use an Acratech Ultimate GP (60mm panning base) on it, and I don't fold the legs back any more. My advice would be to look at the Acratech GP-ss which has a 53mm panning base. The legs will fold back over that ballhead but will be slightly off parallel with the center column. The reason I replaced my Markins heads with Acratechs is that the Markins head would lock up in the cold (I live in New England) but the Acratechs are designed to be maintenance free and work well in extreme environments due to their open designs.</p> <p>In addition the Acratechs offer a pseudo-gimbal and a leveling functionality which is really hard to find for a travel tripod. Both the Markins and Acratech heads have excellent build construction but I much prefer the Acratechs. The RRS BH-40 does not meet the dimensional requirements because of the bulbous back-end of the ball housing.</p><div></div>
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