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Considering a fluid head - A7Riv and Tamron 28-200

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OP Craig Gillette Forum Pro • Posts: 12,994
Re: Considering a fluid head - A7Riv and Tamron 28-200

Spent a little time in a local store today looking at their display models.  They had a number of Sirui and Benro video heads out.  I didn't have any gear with me so got a feel for how some of the various heads and features feel unloaded.  Panning seems pretty straight forward but not sure  on the different tilt approaches, like counterbalancing and/or "tension" with a balanced  load?

Impressions from today are a gimbal might still be the better approach for use with my 200-600 and large tripod (for me) and that I need to look more closely at the  smaller video heads as  more than a few of the video heads seem larger than I'd like to deal with generally.

I'm trying to figure out my "Perfect is the enemy of good enough." scale.  Besides features, functionality, there is a price scale here.  The shop had a bias towards perfect.  I would prefer to spend less when possible.

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