The Famous Arca-Swiss Lock-up Fix
So I was shooting pictures of the rock posters for a magazine article I’m writing when my monoball locked up completely(insert pun here) as if someone dabbed superglue inside the thing. There was no movement whatsoever and I started freakin’. ‘Relax Halle,’ I thought and don’t put the thing in the table vise just yet. Arca-Swiss ballheads cost a small fortune and are worth every penny imo. Mine had performed flawlessly for 7 years.
Desperate, I considered roaring to the nearest photo store, Portland’s venerable Citizens Photo, and asking for help, a rental or worse yet buying a new monoball.
It then dawned on me: Google it baby!
This article and Bob Johnson’s words, “Simply grab the main locking knob firmly and force-rotate it clockwise about an eighth of an inch,” saved my bacon. Today anyway.
Shit happens and shit gets fixed quickly sometimes thankfully.