the last word

Since I’ve been reviewing geared heads, I might as well include what I consider to be the gold standard, the Arca Swiss C1.                   If you can deal with the weight and the cost, and the fact that it’s a bit fragile, this is an outstanding geared… [Read More]

If you want a very precise tripod head with geared pitch, yaw, and roll, this may be your head.             Appears to be well made. About $700. If you need the precision, it’s worth the money.      

This is a head much like the Arca Swiss 60/70 heads. It’s about the same size as the 60 that I reviewed in the previous post. It is rated for 10 kg, in comparison to 20 for the 60 and 30 for the 70. It has plus and minus 15 degrees of pitcha nd roll,… [Read More]

Next up in my review of geared tripod heads is the Arca-Swiss Core 60 Leveler Classic. This head has a load capacity of 20 kg, plus and minus ten degrees of geared pitch and geared roll, and has non-geared yaw at both the top and the base. It’s the little brother of the Arca-Swiss Core… [Read More]

I’m going to be reporting on a bunch of geared tripod heads from China, mostly, and two from Switzerland. First up — and by far the worst — is this LuLan D head. It has non-geared base yaw, and geared pitch and roll. There are locks for all three. You can see the base yaw… [Read More]