Finally found a video that describes the SunwayFoto DT-03. While for my big camera and tripod I did adopt Hudson Henery’s MVH500AH fluid head with Kirk Photo’s Arca-Swiss bride I’ve been looking at smaller, simple pan/tilt heads. Bought a LeoFoto VH-30 but Hudson Henry thinks it’s very inferior to the Acrotech Panaramic head. Problem is the Acratech head is between $450-$550 which is a huge cost. Enter the SunwayFoto head which still has som issues when compared to the Acrotech but it’s much better than the VH-30 in my opinion. We will see since I’ve only had the DT-03 a little over a week. And it only cost $79 on Amazon. Thank you and take care.

"for those that live in civilized world??!!" sorry man you lost me as a subscriber. when an insolent prepotent dude.

Crap. Came to late to this vid. But he is honest. It better to combine thous 2 together (manufacturer doesnt matter) Til/pan and the leveling base. Then you can get any tripod not looking what head it comes with

Too much audio level issues. Sorry couldn’t finish

I tried over a dozen heads, including the Manfrotto kirk bridge. Nothing is perfect, all compromise something. Stability, flexibility, weight, cost - take your pick. I passed on the uber expensive RRS heads, but did buy an Acratech circa £500 in UK. Good but still flawed. Now almost given up and just pick the best head I can for any situation Im going to need a tripod for. I'd pay pretty much what it takes for a strong, light, versatile brilliant engineeered head, but sadly never found one. Just bought a Falcam F38 TreeRoot pod with low level head. Looks pretty innovative (more pod than head). I'll review to see how well it suits, but will return if I don't find it adds something to my pod/head arsenal.

I don’t know what I despise the most, copycats blatantly copying other brands design or said brand overcharging their customers. And yes side access isn’t what it’s made out to be

I also immediately looked at the chest strap clip on on the Wandrd bag and said to the sales rep at the camera shop "So this is definitely going to break eventually, right?"

RRS. 13 minutes of your lives saved. You are welcome.

RRS BH-55 is my beast mode for landscape photography

Campagnon..... Yes the German one promoted by the Iceland Guy is by far away the best best backpack you can buy. It is really really good. I own one and yes I was probably lulled in by the advertising but it's brilliant.

How is it holding up in terms of material durability now?

one is a KO

I went for a levelling head and a Leofoto head with only 2 axis ... left-right and up-down. Level your base, and no need for any rotational adjustment. Let's me do panod easily too.

I have a similar leveling based from Sirui (LE-60) that I bought to level my Tripod when using my Star Tracker in the field. I had considered the Lefoto version but I needed it for a trip and the Leofoto was backordered. The Sirui is great but I think I'd prefer the locking mechanism on the Leofoto as it can be hard to tighten the Sirui. That said, Leofoto also has the G2 and G20 which are insanely good and can be combined with either a ball head or on their own. The G2/G20 are 10/15 degree adjustable with fine adjustment

Thank you very much for this comparison. I ordered the Besnfoto. I can make a lot of improvements afterwards for the money I saved. 👍

Not close view

Hi chris. I have the sunway dt-03 as well and replaced the top qr plate with the sunway ddh-07. It is a panning plate and allows you to rotate 90 degrees to accomodate a camera or a long lens foot.

Just a note fix your audio levels it's not good to watch a video and have to turn your sound up and then at the end the audio for Comercials or other videos is shockingly loud.

I use an FLM LB-15 Levelling Base for my FLM ball head to level and to use it in combination with a panorama rail. High quality and very light. However, under my Nodal Ninja panoramic head I use the Leofoto LB-60N Levelling base. Both setups are fixed on a flat top plate so they can be changed in a minute. They right amount of tension with the Leofoto makes levelling of the Nodal Ninja very easy but the fixation is sometimes hard to unlock. The FLM is using a knob and the fixation is easy and holds even long 2.8 lenses fixated.

Thank you for your solution. 12:30 This combo sound like perfekt. It looks a little bit to tall. In my opinion, there is a chance to manufakture a system, with an integrated half-ball but upsidedown. and making the tilting axle on the outside of the half-ball. That provides stiffness, compactness and engreas the payload. Maybe some manufacture read my comment, pls 😂

Had me in the first half 6:53 , I'm not gonna lie. Seems you found a good solution for fast adjustment in one or two directions but still easy to level.

Thanks...Besnfoto!!! Tes!

Thanks for the video, I ended up buying the Besnfoto and I love it. The contrast interior is much better for not loosing stuff, and the quick access zipper to the top portion from the outside is a game changer.

Good video appreciate the comparison, the wandrd looks better but not 3 times better

The number of times I've watched your videos over the past 5 days lol I'm waiting for my dallol yellow 11l. I'm wondering if I should also get a black 21l. Thanks for the comparison :)

You can use the tripod's ball head to set the tripod level then tighten it and use the pan and tilt head for taking your photo if you are using bridge cameras or not heavy lenses...once the ball head is set there is no need for it's use in the shot

Great shots and edited well. Cheers

Great Review Chris. Subscriber #147 here. Cheers from Western Australia

I've had that exact pair of leveling base and tilt pan head with a Neewer 200mm slide rail with clamp for about a year now and I like it very much. However, I find I still go back to this a lot of the time: Slik SH-747FC 3-Way Pan-Tilt Head with :Friction Control and Arca-Type Quick Release Set and it has a little flip release to rotate just the mounting clamp 90 degrees. I've never been a fan of ball heads though for the reasons you gave: too much fiddling around making adjustments and oops I'm not level with the horizon or other complaints. I like to be able to loosen 2 axes to get in the general area then lock one down, make adjustments to my composition with the other, lock it down and go back to the first, then use the pan to zero in if needed and this head sits on my 3 Legged Thing leveling base and Winston 2.0 Tripod. Although I find it does work better with the Leofoto leveling base.

Got myself one of these monopods and I'm pleased to report, it's been holding up well. My two cents? Stick to the recommended weight limit of 15 lbs. Exceed it, and you might be asking for trouble. Overall, solid purchase!

for tripods and monopods--- buy used. you can get great quality for almost nothing

A brilliantly thorough and comprehensive comparison! Looking forward to your future videos :)

Thanks for the stunning review！Very informative suggestion of the handle!

Nice Video, it did help me a loot

Thank you for a great review! If anyone has questions about Dehancer, we are very happy to answer them.

The plates you screw on to the bottom of the camera, is the camera still suppose to swivel around or be firm in place? The plates that came with my mount have a little soft button on it next to the screw, I don't know what it's for, but the plate thus won't screw on tight enough so the camera can still pivot horizontally. I can think of only 1 pro for that but many cons as tilting the camera, it feels like it's going to stare at the ground. Or I might nudge it and it will pan on it's own. Tripod I got btw was Joilcan. Really sturdy tripod with some minor inconveniences.

I have gone through about a many doing astro milky ways, the half moon leveling is the greatest BUT say you want to do a pano at night most have numbers in white on the pano section but at night you have to turn on a light and count! So a stepper degree on the base or under the clamp. I took a stepper off the base of a pano rig. With wide angle lenses 35mm and below there is no need for a pano rig you just turn and a stepper with a 15 degree stepper will be good. So at night you just tighten and every time the camera goes into NR mode you go to the next click. Putting a 14 or 12mm or the new 10mm in portrait view there will be no need for multi level for they will capture to over your your head and beyond a little for a high Milky Way arc in August. But for daytime with telephoto lenses use a pano rig either way the half moon level and turning 200 degrees make sure all is level it will be the fastest.

Great comparison video! The only issue is I haven’t seen anything covered depth wise. It’s really nice to be able to stand up lenses in the bag sometimes and I feel like these days they went all too thin for that now.

I have perceived issues where top straps of both bags are anchored on the clamshell lid. Fortunately, I found the superior backpack to me: the Tenba Fulton v2. Comes in three sizes.

@12:28 finally someone feels the same.. i am not sure why side access is such a hype

I’ve been looking at a 2 way head as well… but having a real hard time finding L-brackets for my pany m43 cameras. /sigh

awesome review.

For about 15 years I have been using the Manfrotto 804RC2 basic pan tilt head and have mostly been very happy with it. However, I'm planning to photograph the upcoming total solar eclipse of the sun and my experience trying to get images of the moon led me to get a geared Benro head because I need a way to get more controlled movement as the sun/moon move out of frame fairly quickly at the 400mm (on cropped sensor, so 640mm effective view) I plan to use. I'll also be using it for indoor extreme macro, so that's my justification for the outlay. I also have a small ball head for use with a monopod.

I've got the s5ii and sometimes wonder if I'd have been better off with a g9ii for the lighter lenses.

the 4/3'rds argument is good but not really valid anymore being that ASPC and Full Frame cameras have gotten smaller.. I am a sony shooter on a sony A7Cii - thing is my go to for when I hike - it used to be my 6400. Good video nonetheless. Subbed.

Full format Cameras have better dynamic range than MFT cameras, I think that is why many use full frame or larger format Cameras for Landscape Photography, at least I do !

Can we open whole pad divider and use Bensfoto as EDC backpack?

After purchasing and using a manfroto fluid Head came to the same conclusion - to big and heavy. Using a Leofoto vh-30n - pan and tilt with rail that came with it and mounted a haoge cp- 64 on the rail (already had it) Note that Leofoto makes a replacement part lhc 60 that allows the head to be turned 90 degrees. Leveling base newer nw-10. So far great , but interfere with folding tripod legs - a little.

I have both. I got the cheaper bag first. The Wandrd is worth the extra money. The Bensfoto has thin straps and poor load capability. I use this bag to cary a fujifilm XT-5 mirrorless body, a tripod, a Tamron 150-500, a fuji 16-55, and maybe a prime lens and water and a snack for my hikes. One hour in and my back and shoulders are killing me with the Bensfoto. The shoulder straps are ripping from the weight. I have hiked all day with the Wandrd and felt totally fine (must use hip belts).

Where's the Platyball?