all heads are not created equal but it depends on the weight and size of your camera
yes, a very long camera may require a better head, or you may feel better with it duh, larger heads = more $$$, but you knew that so the next question is what camera do you have or are you considering? note - better too much head than too little, especially if you move up to a larger camera later, or if you tend to shoot at the long end of the lens, like live concerts or lectures where your cam placement is not so much under your control. If you are shooting movies or interview in small places, not so much of a concern. Also you tend not to move so much, so bigger heavier stix are less of a problem than when you run and gun and a heavy tripod is a lot more to carry the capacity of the head is usually stated in the lit, it can handle a cam up to X lbs. (or kg if you are in the metric part of the world) I still have, and may occasionally use, my old betacam tripod with a 40 pound capacity. imagine putting a Z7 on that, but I've done it. or use my slightly smaller tripod with almost as much capacity. it just feels more secure when I'm shooting an event entirely at the long end joe salerno On 3/23/2011 10:08 AM, OK wrote: > I knew my cute inexpensive lightweight tripods were a little jerky, but > I thought some WD40 or silcone spray would solve it. Nope. I was > shooting the moon on big moon night March 19th ... of course stupid me.. > i didn't string barbed wire in front of the camera so I got some guy > walking through my time lapse > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB9fqeTDvYk > > anyway.. the jerky pan doesn't show up in that video clip just a jerk. > > So my question here is... how cheap can I go and still get nice smooth > panning. Is it still called panning when you're moving elevation? > Are all fluid panheads equal? Or are some cheap fluid panheads too cheap > and still going to be jerky motion. > thanks a lot for any replies. > paul > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
