From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear
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Why use a fluid head?
Robbie Carman: So, Rich, we've talked about some of the drawbacks of sort of the traditional ball head style, photo head, and tripod combo. Rich Harrington: Yeah. Robbie: Now, when we get into sort of the professional world of video production, we don't really see people using photo ball heads, right? If you did, you might get a couple snickers on set, right? Rich: Yeah, I mean they're only really used in a pan shore to lock down the camera on a wide shot, but people really want to get to a fluid head. Robbie: Right. Rich: Now there's a huge difference in quality here. If you go with a cheaper fluid head, it's going to make it really easy to quickly adjust and recompose the shot, but you're still going to need to actually lock the camera off. The benefit of the fluid head is that you could pan and tilt and lock it down. The higher quality fluid heads are going to let you do on-camera movements. In other words, this is going to make it easier to pan and tilt while you're recording the…
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