Which TRIPOD HEAD do I need? Watch before you buy!

[@Martyn0001]

Thank you for a really great video from a 40 year Amateur photographer who is now looking for his first decent monopod and ball head.

[@stevenpam]

What did you end up going with?

[@huizhu1217]

THE best video about tripod heads on youtube. Yes I watched a lot. Thanks!

[@stevenpam]

Wow, thanks!

[@schinbeindrumco]

Hey! I recognise one of those headshots! Yay!

[@stevenpam]

Good #cameo!

[@schinbeindrumco]

Steven Pam #wordup

[@theviewer5104]

tnx for the helpful video, quick question : i recently bought a manfrotto befree ball head advanced. i took it to help taking pictures for a friend of his paintings and sculptres, a few problems i had : once you lock a position to take a picture the balhead moves a little and changes the compositin, very annoying, and also there are no levels so you cant tell if you are completly horizontal and so on..i saw they sell seprtly a 3way head from manfrotto - will it be better for this photographs and also they have a hybrid tripod called befree advanced and it suppose to hybride video and photo, have you used it ? seems like an excellent solution for everything....sorry the quick question is long :)

[@stevenpam]

Hey, yep that's always a bit of a problem with ballheads. They're not great for precision work. The three way is definitely better for artwork, although even they can move a bit when you tighten them - although at least it's only in one plane. Best would be a geared head, but they're not cheap, so unless you're planning to do a lot of this kind of work, a three way is probably a better all-round choice! As for the Befree Advanced - I haven't used it but there are a few reviews on KZbin. At the end of the day it's still a ball head, so it may be tricky to get it positioned exactly where you want it.

[@theviewer5104]

@@stevenpam thank you for the thorough replay. i will look into the reviews you mentioned.