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although the majority of our work is from a distance we do some urban stuff too with taller projects so we need the capacity to shoot vertically. The photographers not a camera guy (don't ask) ...

Thanks but I missed it unfortunately, getting buried at work!

Yes at the minute he's shooting landscape as a lot of the stuff is for planning application photomontages and it's usually from a distance so coverage isn't a problem, that's why the gimbal head ...

Yes, good point, I'll have a look once I find a model that'll work for me. Cheers.

You mean for the fore/aft adjustment to line up with the nodal point?

Is Benro a reputable make? 1.4kg is a bit hefty for a 50mm lens but this is a lot cheaper than the RSS heads and seems to offer the form factor I need. https://uk.benroeu.com/benro-gh2-gimbal-head- ...

I've had a look but can't seem to replicate the swing type of setup on the RSS tripod in the first reply. Photographers not that techy so i like the idea of a head you can lock the camera into and ...

I don't think he'd stretch to those kind of budget to be honest I think a few hundred is all i can prise out of him....

It's a canon EOS 5 Mk IV so I think the first option is out unfortunately, I'll have a flick through NN site and see what's there, thanks for the feedback.

That RRS looks like what I need and the right price too, shame it's no longer made but I'll have a look at used and see what there is, thanks for the links.

I produce architectural CGI and set scheme renders into photomontages of the sites, the guy who takes the pictures has a pretty basic tripod head setup for taking the base photos and I'm not ...