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Manfrotto 482 Micro Ball Head
Manfrotto 482 Micro Ball Head
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List Price: $40.00
Buy New: $32.00
You Save: $8.00 (20%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(based on 5 reviews)
Category: Photography

Publisher: Manfrotto
Studio: Manfrotto
Brand: Bogen
Label: Manfrotto
Media: Electronics
Maximum Weight Recommendation (lbs): 4.4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 4

MPN: 482
Model: 482
UPC: 719821219002
EAN: 0719821197812
ASIN: B00009R6ME

Release Date: April 14, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • All-purpose ball head designed for use with compact, 35mm and small digital cameras
  • Single indexed ratchet locking knob for 360-degree pan and +90 to -90 degree tilt movements
  • Camera attachment is via a 50mm platform with 1/4" male thread
  • Head to tripod attachment is 1/4" and 3/8" female
  • Supports up to 4.4 pounds, all aluminum construction and black finish

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
An all-purpose ball head designed for use with compact, 35mm and small digital cameras, the 482 stands at just over 2 inches tall and is rated to support loads over 4lbs! This head is ideal for the 3007 Table Top Tripod, 3292 Car Window Clamp, and Monopods such as the 3006.It has a single indexed ratchet locking knob for 360? pan and a double groove for +90?-90? tilt movements. Camera attachment is via a 2" platform with a 1/4-20" male thread, and head to tripod attachment is 1/4-20" and 3/8" female.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 5 times less expensive   August 18, 2008
Compared to the most expensive Online Store, this is the exact same product for 5 time cheaper. A huge savings for my company and my Customers. I'll be coming back here for future purchases. Fast Order processing.


4 out of 5 stars Ball head works great with monopod   June 28, 2008
Bogen-Manfrotto 482 Micro Ball Head
(5 stars for my purposes, 4 stars over-all)
I found this ball head to work great with my monopod (Manfrotto 790B, giving a high degree of flexibility and stability in low/lower light situation. It allowed me to take good pictures of frogs and other Costa Rican wildlife behind glass and during night hikes using just a (good quality) LED flashlight for lighting (better than flash). It allowed me to prop against walls, ground, etc. for good stability in many different angles and position, even without tightening down the ball. It is also compact enough to not get in the way when hanging the monopod on my arm or using the monopod for a walking stick at other times. The quality is much better that other small ball heads I looked at. It was perfect for my uses with small to medium sized equipment (12x optical w/ IS), but would probably not be suitable for lager bodies and lenses. For those I would use a tripod and a larger ball head. But I value the ease and flexibility in wild life situations, such as rain forests, where shot opportunities are often fleeting and lighting is often low (even during the day). It is very easy to spin off & on my camera ( w/ monopod & head in vertical position) with the extra bulk and expense of a quick release head.



5 out of 5 stars Excelente producto   February 6, 2008
  1 out of 3 found this review helpful

Hace mas de 2 anos que poseo una Canon PowerShot A640 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom, esta es mi primera camara digital y lo que aprendi con el uso diario me llevo a la necesidad de comprarme un tripode practico y portatil. Eso me llevo a comprarme el Joby GP3-01EN Gorillapod SLR-Zoom Flexible Tripod for Digital SLR Cameras, el cual al contrario de los modelos 1 y 2 no trae la cabeza flexible para poder ajustar los ejes de vision de la camara.

Buscando en la red y leyendo muchos foros, blogs y grupos de flickr, me decidi por comprarme esta cabeza de tripode sin muchas expectativas.
La verdad es que funciona a la perfeccion con el Gorillapod3 lo cual lo convierte en casi una compra obligada si posees unos de estos tripodes.

La camara se ajusta firme y el sistema de bola permite girar casi a cualquier lugar la misma.

En cuanto a la construccion, es muy resistente no es del tipo plastico fragil, se siente muy solido y se nota que resiste el uso intenso.



5 out of 5 stars Perfect for travel tripod   October 10, 2007
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have a small Slik Sprint Pro tripod that came with a small ball head. The Slik head wouldn't keep my DSLR with a medium zoom locked, so I replaced it with this head. The 482 works great and is the perfect head for this light tripod - certainly not as stable as a larger head and tripod but the combo works great when weight is a premium.


4 out of 5 stars Good value, few features   October 2, 2005
  9 out of 9 found this review helpful

This is the Bogen/Manfrotto 482 Ball Head. I use it on a monopod with my Nikon 35mm and digital SLR cameras so I can get moderate adjustments without tilting the monopod at an awkward angle. It works well up to a 300mm f/5.6 lens.

There is only one lever to adjust both tilt and pan, but of course on a monopod, that's not really a problem. You need to make sure you cinch the locking knob down tight, as there is no adjustable friction, so once it is loose it is very loose. For tripod use, note also there is no separate knob to adjust pan, making it a bit tricky to create a set of shots you want to later stitch together into a single panorama.

Manfrotto ball heads certainly don't have all the capability of much more expensive heads from Arca or Gitzo, but they do the job well and you can't beat the price. If you are looking for a tripod-mounted ball head for use with a digital SLR such as the Nikon D70, I would suggest the next size up, the 484, which Amazon calls the Manfrotto Mini Ball Head. You can get it with or without a quick release plate.


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