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Professional Mini Ball Head Camera Mount List Price: $15.99 Sale Price: $12.80 Used From: $12.34  |
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Mini ball head with single knob for ball and pan functions. |
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Manfrotto 496RC2 Ball Head with Quick Release Replaces Manfrotto 486RC2 List Price: $73.79 Sale Price: $68.49 Used From: $70.65 |
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This ball head has been total redesigned for better ease of use. A new design friction control knob allows the photographer to achieve superior control when handling the camera and making micro movements without having to totally lock and unlock the ball head... |
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DMKFoto Heavy Duty Ball Head with Quick Release Plate List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $15.00 |
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The quick release plate has a 1/4" screw for all cameras. Additional QR plate available.Base has a 3/8" screw thread for universal mounting to tripods and monopods. If your pod has a 1/4" screw, we can provide step-up adapter to make it fit. |
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Joby BH1 Ball Head with Bubble Level for Joby GP3 SLR-Zoom Gorillapods List Price: $44.95 Sale Price: $39.90 Used From: $29.99 |
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Built with the serious photographer in mind, the Joby Ballhead is lightweight and compact, yet still robust enough to support SLR cameras with zoom lenses. It further extends the functionality of the Gorillapod by allowing even more creative camera positions and an improved ability to capture great shots! Full 360-degree panning, and 90-degree tilt Position your camera at virtually any angle; get portrait or landscape shots with ease Adjustment knob easily locks the Ballhead into place, securing it tightly... |
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Opteka TS-1 TacShot Pistol Grip Ball Head with Quick Release Plate for Tripods & Monopods List Price: $82.00 Sale Price: $34.95 |
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The Opteka TacShot is a compact and convenient trigger-style tactical ballhead, designed for lightweight video or still photography. The very act of taking your hand away from the grip locks the head into position, which eliminates the extra step of having to tighten a knob or lever before being ready to shoot... |
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Opteka TH20 Ball Head with Quick Release Plate for Tripods and Monopods List Price: $78.00 Sale Price: $16.73 |
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The Opteka TH20 features smooth operational movement and positive locking. The quick release plate's receiver has a safety lock to prevent accidental release of the quick release plate. This additional safety system prevents the accidental detaching of the camera from the head... |
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Manfrotto 494RC2 Ball Head with Quick Release Replaces Manfrotto 484RC2 List Price: $59.25 Sale Price: $52.00 Used From: $49.99 |
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This ball head has been total redesigned for better ease of use. A new design friction control knob allows the photographer to achieve superior control when handling the camera and making micro movements without having to totally lock and unlock the ball head... |
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Manfrotto MH054M0-Q2 054 Magnesium Ball Head with Q2 Quick Release List Price: $194.99 Sale Price: Too low to display Used From: $157.49 |
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The best Manfrotto pro ball head, dedicated to 190 carbon fiber tripods. An extremely precise ball head, providing extra smooth movements thanks to state of the art materials and technology. Innovative and unique features like the exclusive 90-105deg... |
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Ravelli Professional 65" Ball Head Camera Video Photo Tripod with Quick Release Plate and Carry Bag Sale Price: $63.69 |
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The Ravelli APGL5 is a Professional Quality Tripod providing a solid base for high-end photographic equipment. This model is made from Aluminum to create a light weight and sturdy tripod. The ball head provides smooth adjustments to any angle... |
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Dolica AX620B100 62-Inch Proline Tripod and Ball Head List Price: $65.99 Sale Price: $36.02 Used From: $36.61 |
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Dolica's 62" Aluminum Proline Tripod is ideal for both indoor and outdoor photography. It is perfect for events, sports activity, capturing that one amazing shot. Designed for use with Point-N-Shoot cameras and / or Digital SLR cameras Tripod Features: Professional Aluminum alloy construction and able to support up to 13... |
What's the difference between a ball head and pan head tripod?
Which one is better, what should I buy? I want something that is compact, easy to transport, but that will be accurate and last long.
BALLHEAD looks like this...
For this particular model you unlock it using the lever on the right. This loosens the hold that the socket has on the ball so you can then move the platform in any number of directions.
The knob on the right allows you to adjust the amount of friction so you can better control the amount of movement when it's unlocked.
PANHEAD looks like this...
http://www.bogenimaging.us/webdav/site/main/shared/products/808RC4/D0010_7b90f2b1ec27cae7a181d7477de2ddf5_L.jpg
It allows you to easily 'pan' from left to right/right to left. This model has 3 knobs. The left one allows you to lock or tilt it on one axis (up/down). The middle one on the bottom of the head allows you to pan it left/right and the right one allows you to tilt it on a 3rd axis lower left/raise right side and vice versa.
What are the advantages of either? The Ball head is significantly easier to make quick adjustments because you only need to unlock it but because of this, it's also alot harder to make minute adjustments with a ball head.
The Panhead allows you to make adjustments to just one axis without affecting the other 2 axis. The disadvantage of this type of head is it's not as quick and easy to use as a ball head.
There are some that say that panheads are primarily for videography. While they certainly can benefit a videographer because you can allow it to only move in one axis (left /right, or up/down, etc.) those same qualities may be also beneficial to a photographer. It really depends on what you're shooting and the conditions you're shooting under.
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