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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Somersetscott" data-source="post: 162358" data-attributes="member: 10691">Hi Guys, Meaning of thread - What Tripod head(s) do you have, how do you rate them and why do you have them? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I bought a second hand manfrotto tripod that came with a Manfrotto 700RC2 (Pan and tilt 'video' head) - Brilliant so smooth and silent. But then I went to take a waterfall shot and realised ER, how do I get a portrait shot! (Camera turned sideways) So, I decided I'll buy another head that can offer any* position. So bought a secondhand Manfrotto 460MG - Awesome head, will do any* position & solid as a rock! I made a listing on Ebay for the 700RC2 scheduled to start on the Sunday and went out to take some photos of a local meadow. Out come some deer (Three does and a stag) and I get excited and I soon realise the 460MG is insanely fiddly! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> and wished I had the 700RC2 to pan among the deer smoothly with the minimum of disturbance. So, when I got home I removed the listing from Ebay sharpish and will never be so flippant with photography equipment again. Well, unless I really do not use it. - Yes, I will use this story when I get told off for hoarding <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />So I own & use:Manfrotto 460MG for still landscapes, portaits, still subjects etc.Manfrotto 700RC2 for Wildlife, sports/ moving subjects etc.</blockquote>

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