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chrisbet
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Manfrotto 141RC.
Is this a good tripod head?
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:
Manfrotto 141RC.
Is this a good tripod head?
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I’ve got Manfrotto heads on both my tripods. They make quality products.
For video it would be preferable to have longer handles to assist panning but for basic photography short handles are ok. The two dimension tilt is useful for switching from landscape to portrait without undoing the camera.
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chrisbet
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I would have thought a fluid head would be better for video but I am thinking of getting a cage for the 610 to mount mic and monitor and possibly follow focus to do video work.
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:
I would have thought a fluid head would be better for video but I am thinking of getting a cage for the 610 to mount mic and monitor and possibly follow focus to do video work.
They are, but then the price goes up higher than the one you were querying.
When I was doing 16mm films in the 1970s I managed with a non fluid head for some time until I could afford a Sachtler head.
A long arm was a necessity to assist smooth(as possible) movement. But I was a bit old school ….moving subjects not moving camera, so I minimised camera movements during filming as much as possible.
Fluid heads are a bit like auto focus. We managed before the arrived but they soon became the ‘can’t live without it’ feature.
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Graham Whistler
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I use the very good Manfrotto 503 Fluid head for video and is also very good for stills bird photography with big long lenses. I use it with the very good Manfrotto 755MF3 carbon fiber tripod with leveling center post.
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chrisbet
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Thanks for that Graham - very useful info 
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Graham Whistler
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The Manfrotto as above is the one I have now suitable for a medium-sized Pro Broadcast Sony Camera or a Large DSLR with 500mm or large lens cost of this is about £1000 with fluid head see WEX for good deals and a wide choice of video tripods. For my larger Broadcast Camera I used larger fluid head and tripod as per pix of me filming 20 yrs ago this is a Socktler tripod with full fluid head for a heavy camera £2000+
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chrisbet
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That might be a touch of overkill for a D610! Even for my Canon XL1S - that sits comfortably on my shoulder or even hand held above my head for getting over the heads of crowds.
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chrisbet
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Progress! I have traded some refurbished lenses for a Manfrotto 525MVB tripod in excellent condition - just have to find a fluid head to suit it!
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