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Gentlemen,
I would like to ask for your recommendations of a medium grade ball head and quick release system. I've been searching for a viable product for a while, but haven't seen something that suits my needs:
  • Minimum support weight of 12lbs
  • Price as low as possible, but somewhat flexible, as utility is primary concern.
  • Plates to be on the long side, in order to provide enough surface area for camera to be braced against the flange on a horizontal surface other than tripod.
  • Plates to have some sort of safety catch so they can't slide out (I had a camera slide out and fall once with an arca plate)
  • plates to preferably have 1/4" thread at the bottom to enable attachment to standard tripod mount without removal of the plate
RRS has a very good system that I really like, but it is so bitterly expensive, that I can't justify the investment. Their plates are just unreasonable.

Any recommendations?