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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

Yeah, with a range of tripods and heads, I came looking in Video instead of Accessories as the still heads I have don't have the movement control/smoothness I'd want.   They are all too heavily damped in pan.  Right now looking to a "video" head for something like an A7Riv and the Tamron 28-200.  (Tripod wise I'm probably ok but that can be tested readily enough.  I like that the stills tripods tend to collapse down smaller but then take somewhat longer to deploy than some video tripods. Bowl devices speed leveling right up.)

One thing I'm seeing, and that's the same in still gear reviews, is a wide range of familiarity with the gear and it's use.  Like some are flummoxed by Arca Swiss clamps possibly clamping across the head, like for most body plates and L brackets, or front to back for lens plates or balance adjusting.

I've kind of set an expected lowest price that will do in the $150 range, like but not only the Komodo K5 or Manfrotto MVH500AH.  Then things go up from there, of course, whether capacity or feature/functionality adds, etc.

At that point with some of the reviewers, there's still a bit of acknowledgement that pan and tilt isn't fully taken care of.  Others are happy, and some just couldn't use that level of performance, not being to the levels they need or want.

So I'm looking in the $150 to $250 or so range, getting the feel that's closer to "good enough" than "perfect" on the "Perfect is the enemy of good enough." scale, perfect almost certainly being way out of my budget.

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