View Full Version : What is the best Fluid head for marco work?


John Kim
April 27th, 2005, 12:54 PM
I'm shooting macro with my gl1.. Filming mostly ants and other small insects..
What tripod is best suited for this?

Problems During Marco Filming are:

1. Hand vibrations/jittery...
2. More vibration during change of direction... (i.e. panning right to left, then quickly left to right.)

Any Fluid head suggestions?

Thanks,

John

Henry Cho
May 2nd, 2005, 12:27 PM
i have a gitzo g1380 fluid head that would probably suit this job well... i'm thinking you'll want a head with independently controllable pan/tilt drag that can move smoothly over very short distances... probably one with a little weight to it (in the area of 4 or 5 lbs).