C300: What is your tripod/head of choice with the C300 MKII?

[kohl-sudduth]

The sideload plates shouldn't just fall out even if it isn't tightened in. I far prefer them for the cinema cameras than anything like the Manfrotto with the rear slide in style.

Indeed they would not. The whole rig would abruptly slide forward when tilting down until the safety catch engaged. Which was how we found out it was not locked down.

 

[Amira-user]

when i fly with my gear, what i do is remove my FSB10 head from the legs, put the head in my carry on, and check in the rest- handle bars and CF legs, i can easily cushion them with some bubble wrap and i also wrap it with my clothes too, so far so good worse case scenario if my luggage is lost or the airline mishandles my baggage at the very least i still have my fluid head with me... in terms of insurance, i usually go with 'front row' in LA, they are pretty decent price wise, depending on how much you want to cover, for example, let's say you want to cover up to $50k in equipment, they will quote you a rate for the whole year, hope it helps!

 

[puredrifting]

when i fly with my gear, what i do is remove my FSB10 head from the legs, put the head in my carry on, and check in the rest- handle bars and CF legs, i can easily cushion them with some bubble wrap and i also wrap it with my clothes too, so far so good worse case scenario if my luggage is lost or the airline mishandles my baggage at the very least i still have my fluid head with me... in terms of insurance, i usually go with 'front row' in LA, they are pretty decent price wise, depending on how much you want to cover, for example, let's say you want to cover up to $50k in equipment, they will quote you a rate for the whole year, hope it helps!

Thanks man, good advice.