Also in terms of stability: The head is very, very stable and there is no need mirror lock, unless you are traveling with very long focal lengths and / or long exposure. If it wobbles here, or high construction should be susceptible to wind (also a Mitrezensent), it is certainly not at the top, but at the base. As heard underneath what Heavier Gitzo, Manfrotto or Berlebach. And also no mini-ball heads. Under - let's say - 50 mm ball diameter makes such a panorama head no sense. The best are a dome like the Magic Balance () or the built-in big ball in some Berlebach tripods ().
Much better than any other panoramic heads the detent is created. Everywhere else you have to either raus screws and purely rotate or even change index plates. Here's a convenient knob. Class solved! - Even for the tilt axis, where hardly a head offers a catch in the market, there are in this head the opportunity to rest 8 or 6 positions, ideal eg for image series with +/- 0 °, 45 °, 90 ° inclination ( adjustable with no more than a coin).
The scale to reproduce the setting of the distance from the camera base to the optical axis and for the no-parallax point have good readability. If a Mitrezensent the terminal-rail principle, which use virtually any manufacturer, called "shirtsleeves": shuffling to determine the no-parallax point to do exactly once for a camera-lens combination. But to demand / expect a dental splint as with macro setups, is counterproductive, not to mention the additional weight.
This panoramic head delivers with correct setting constant and repeatable excellent results. Professional panorama software raises here always of best accuracy values.
Other pluses:
- Completely Arca-Swiss-compatible. Can be combined with camera-L-brackets, rails and / or terminals from other manufacturers
- Large rotating plate diameter which remains accurate even with heavy camera lens combos and very back-heavy setups
The only downside (but only relatively):
- By the rather large rotating plate below the covered floor area is slightly larger than other panoramic heads, which requires a little more effort retouching in post at full-spherical panoramas (360 ° x 180 °). The plate can also easily be replaced by a second, separately sold, smaller rotating plate, as it is built here for the tilt axis () and is also used by Novoflex for "VR System 6/8". Interested in a Novoflex-plate without locking:
