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HI all, I might be asking the impossible, but I'm currently looking for a new tripod head, and wonder if anyone could point me to something that might suit.
Basically I have two tripods - my main Carbon Fibre Giotto's unit and a smaller generic travel carbon fibre unit. On the Giotto's I currently have a Manfrotto 460MG 3D head and on the other a generic ball head.
My problem is I hate the 460mg which I have had for years. It's too slow to level etc and very jerky when trying to get small movements, but most of all doesn't have an Arca Swiss fitment which my L-Plates etc. all use.
So I'm looking for a better alternative that is Arca Swiss compatible but doesn't break the bank. I don't use the tripod everyday so don't want to be be spending hundreds on the thing, and it also doesn't have to support half of ton of weight, as my main equipment is M4/3 with occasional Nikon D500 use (but I no longer own any super telephotos for Nikon).
I really like the idea of a geared head where I can get basic adjustments done very quickly by using the gear release feature then fine tune using the geared knobs, but as I understand it only Manfrotto do the geared heads, are quite expensive and don't obviously have Arca Swiss compatibility. I suppose it doesn't have to be geared but am looking in the region of say £75(ish) give or take for a new head. Anyone any ideas please ?
Basically I have two tripods - my main Carbon Fibre Giotto's unit and a smaller generic travel carbon fibre unit. On the Giotto's I currently have a Manfrotto 460MG 3D head and on the other a generic ball head.
My problem is I hate the 460mg which I have had for years. It's too slow to level etc and very jerky when trying to get small movements, but most of all doesn't have an Arca Swiss fitment which my L-Plates etc. all use.
So I'm looking for a better alternative that is Arca Swiss compatible but doesn't break the bank. I don't use the tripod everyday so don't want to be be spending hundreds on the thing, and it also doesn't have to support half of ton of weight, as my main equipment is M4/3 with occasional Nikon D500 use (but I no longer own any super telephotos for Nikon).
I really like the idea of a geared head where I can get basic adjustments done very quickly by using the gear release feature then fine tune using the geared knobs, but as I understand it only Manfrotto do the geared heads, are quite expensive and don't obviously have Arca Swiss compatibility. I suppose it doesn't have to be geared but am looking in the region of say £75(ish) give or take for a new head. Anyone any ideas please ?