Tripods - how sturdy does it need to be?

[Ehcalum]

Ballhead:


simple workings, good support of weight, compactish. Kind of a pain to keep perfectly level and rotate unless you have a panning base (more $$), may become unscrewed from tripod if it lacks a locking feature.


Panhead:


independent movement of axis without throwing the others off, usually cheaper, good weigh support, best for video. Big annoying leavers, not as easy to operate as a simple ball head, harder to fine tune in a position.

[Bombsight]

So the ultimate setup would be a Wimberley Gimbal for action & a 3way pan/tilt for everything else ....Including panos?


.... and if so, a great addition would be a nodal slide, plate& L bracket from RRSfor the pan/tilt setup?