{"id":49345,"date":"2018-11-28T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T13:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=49345"},"modified":"2018-11-24T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T02:20:36","slug":"small-heads-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/small-heads-on-a-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Heads on a Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I receive a lot of emails asking about ballheads. The majority of the time, they start off with “I can’t swing the RRS ballhead, what do you recommend?” The standard ballheads I shoot with are the RRS BH-55<\/a> and BH-40<\/a>, but those aren’t the only heads in our locker. What you see above are three of the six heads I can totally recommend to you budget minded. They are the:<\/p>\n

Oben GH-30 Gimbal<\/a>
\nOben BC-139<\/a>
\nOben BC-126<\/a><\/p>\n

All three of these come with plates and the two ballheads have a bubble level as part of the clamp. Besides often being on sale, these heads are ones we use in our video production. The Oben GH-30 Gimbal<\/a> we use mainly with the Nikkor 80-400VR2<\/a>. That’s because this gimbal is not for big glass, but smaller glass like the 80-400VR2<\/a>. This is a smaller, lighter weight and half the price. The Oben BC-139<\/a> and Oben BC-126<\/a> spend their life with us on the Platypod<\/a>. The Oben BC-139<\/a> is the big boy we use for the D5<\/a> or D850<\/a> with the 105f1.4<\/a>, lots of weight. The Oben BC-126<\/a> is the jem we use with the Z6<\/a> \/ Z7<\/a> especially as remotes. All of these use the Arca Swiss style clamp. All of these are a fraction of the price of the RRS. So what’s the sacrifice? Not as many features and requiring more care than most photographers give their heads. Three other options I can recommend that I’ve tested but don’t own are the:<\/p>\n

Manfrotto XPro<\/a>
\nOben BE-117<\/a>
\nSirui K-30x<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope this helps, perhaps even put one under the tree for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Small Heads on a Budget<\/a><\/blockquote>