Ball head for stills & for video

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Posted by Pat Warfield on August 15, 2008 at 12:52 PM

We are doing both still photography with long lenses & video in the field. Would like one easy to convert tripod setup. Any comments.

Please share your experience with various medium duty ball heads.

Thanks,

Pat Warfield

Posted by John Mumaw on August 15, 2008 at 9:39 PM

Wouldn't the ideal head for video be a pan/tilt version?
Seems to me that a ballhead for video would be rather awkward.

Posted by Paul Inglis on August 20, 2008 at 7:59 AM

Hi Pat,

Ok for me the best head that you need is a Fluid Head.

I'm using a Manfrotto 526 Pro Fluid Head with my Nikon D300/D2Xs and a 600mm for stills and a Sony EX-3 with the same 600mm for filming.

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Good luck!