Lifting the Veil of Arca Swiss

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***Update – Tragically, Martin Vogt passed away in early 2019. On January 27, 2011, Martin Vogt, part of the Vogt family – owners of Arca Swiss – journeyed to our Atlanta location and spent 2 days at our Atlanta location. This was Martin’s first visit to our Atlanta office and the most sustained exposure our company has ever had with Martin.   It was enlightening. For many reasons, most prominently … Read More →

Hands On: the new Arca Swiss RM3Di

By Dave Gallagher I have been in the large format business for over 20 years now.  Architectural photography is a medium that I still have a passion for and love the technical aspects of the format.  Loving the medium and shooting it myself, we have all the best gear in our demo collection or as my wife says “toys that make male photographers weak in the knees.”   So it was … Read More →

Arca Cube Quick Release Fix

The Arca Swiss Cube is the best tripod head in the world. We have sold many of these to landscape and architectural photographers for whom the quick and precise ability to level both axis regardless of whether the tripod is flat and then, on a flat surface, pan left and right. At the top of the Arca Swiss Cube is a quick release for the nearly universal Arca Swiss quick … Read More →

I got your Mini View Cameras!

Today we opened some fabulous packages which included an Arca Swiss M2 MF and a Linhof Techno (the first in the country). I was amazed at the size and weight of these new products. Mini View Cameras have been around for a while, but these 2 new products take the category into an even more compact direction, while maintaining advanced functionality. Just for fun, I put together several generations of … Read More →

Two Arca Swiss Cubes

Cube on Cube Action

The Arca Swiss Cube is the world’s finest (and most expensive) photographic tripod head. Only those truly dedicated to their art/passion/work would invest in one. So why would you need two?? Well, I wrote an article, mostly for fun, over at getdpi.com (read the article) about why you would need two. Big thanks to Charles Brown, one of our very talented customers, and a forum member of getdpi.com for the … Read More →

Arca Cube Sale [IN STOCK]

UPDATE: Check out this article about Cube-Squared. UPDATE x 2: Check out our article on fixing the Arca Swiss quick release if it pops off. ————- The Arca Swiss cube is the best of the best when it comes to precision tripod heads. Minimal Re-Framing Since all movements are along arcs (rather than a pivot point as with most tripod heads) many adjustments will not effect the framing of the … Read More →