I actually thought that it is genuine branded goods in Cullmann. But the quality is more than modest. The locking screw of the ball head is significantly smaller than in the picture and covered with a loose rubber coating, which prevents a proper detecting smooth. The metal of the screw is apparently very soft, because the screw threads are after only two repeated use already defective, in trying to fix the camera on the ball head reasonable. I will now return the scrap and can only advise the purchase!