It's amazing to me how many videos I see of this or the Small Rig where people don't even mount a camera, just fiddle with it. Ugh. Nice to see you take it out in the field.
Thanks! I've used this video head for about a year now including on set, so I think I have a good understanding of it. It's definitely difficult to pan smoothly with longer lenses and for that sort of work, this is probably not the best gear to use.
One of the problems that I am seeing is that on the base of this head there are no screws that will ensure that the head will stay stable on the monopod/tripod when you pan. Most video heads will have such screws (up to 3 I believe) so that the head will not unscrew when you are panning. Also one tip from another youtuber is that you can attach bungees to the handle to avoid any jerky movement. Essentially you pull the bungees and don’t touch the handle at all. I don’t know if this is actually going to work on such a cheap head but I have seen it work in good quality/professional video heads. Thanks for this review though, your comments were quite useful.
Very good comments there. Thank you! Yes, it's a cheap video head and some way to fix the head for panning shots would be desirable. Excellent idea about using bungees! Beats my 1 meter long diy handle. Got to try this!
Well that is what i call a review. Thank you. But after seeing this im not sure if this head is for me cause i will mainly use it for 80mm and more focal length
Thank you! I think it might be a strech to use this for longer lenses. I struggled with a 50 mm lens even with that longer handle. No stabe in the camera or the lens, though.
It's amazing to me how many videos I see of this or the Small Rig where people don't even mount a camera, just fiddle with it. Ugh. Nice to see you take it out in the field.
Thanks! I've used this video head for about a year now including on set, so I think I have a good understanding of it. It's definitely difficult to pan smoothly with longer lenses and for that sort of work, this is probably not the best gear to use.
One of the problems that I am seeing is that on the base of this head there are no screws that will ensure that the head will stay stable on the monopod/tripod when you pan. Most video heads will have such screws (up to 3 I believe) so that the head will not unscrew when you are panning. Also one tip from another youtuber is that you can attach bungees to the handle to avoid any jerky movement. Essentially you pull the bungees and don’t touch the handle at all. I don’t know if this is actually going to work on such a cheap head but I have seen it work in good quality/professional video heads. Thanks for this review though, your comments were quite useful.
Very good comments there. Thank you!
Yes, it's a cheap video head and some way to fix the head for panning shots would be desirable.
Excellent idea about using bungees! Beats my 1 meter long diy handle. Got to try this!
Well that is what i call a review. Thank you. But after seeing this im not sure if this head is for me cause i will mainly use it for 80mm and more focal length
Thank you! I think it might be a strech to use this for longer lenses. I struggled with a 50 mm lens even with that longer handle. No stabe in the camera or the lens, though.
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