Manfrotto Professional Head Comparison Table
Heads	Head Types
		Usage
3-Way Heads		General Purpose photographic head. Separate locking controls and rotational movement on each axis - panoramic, front tilt and side tilt, allowing precise framing adjustment.
Ball Heads		A ball and socket joint allows movement on all axes at the same time with a single locking mechanism, ideal for faster framing changes. Some heads in our range have double 90° grooves for portrait-landscape orientation on either side of the head. Friction can be applied to larger ball heads to help balance heavier cameras.
Hydrostatic Ball Heads		An inner oil chamber is compressed by turning the locking knob, exerting even pressure on the whole of the underside of the ball, which ensures sturdier locking and higher capacity than standard ball heads.
2-Way Heads		Used for video, spotting scopes and long lenses. Provides smooth panning and tilting ideal for following action.
Geared Heads		The ultimate in precision, geared heads use a tooth and cog mechanism on each axis of rotation to allow extra-fine control over framing adjustment. Because they don't require locking off or unlocking between movements, they are especially convenient and secure supports for with heavy photographic equipment.
QTVR Heads		Panoramic, or QTVR®, heads are used to create single-row cylindrical or multi-row spherical composite photographic images for immersive virtual environments or simply for long (or tall) panorama prints. By positioning the camera's nodal point over the tripod and head's center of rotation, resulting images are much more accurately aligned and easier to stitch together in post production.

We carry a huge range of Manfrotto equipment in stock - typically over 100 tripods and most heads with shipments 3 times a week from the distributor for out of stock items.

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