Camera Panoramic Panning Base with Arca Swiss Style Plate, 3/8" Screw Aluminum Alloy Panorama Ball Tripod Head with Bubble Level for Tripod Monopod DSLR Cameras, Load Capacity 22 LBS

I am using this panning base to secure the failing pano locks on cheaply and poorly manufactured tripod gimbals. After spending hundreds of dollars on different model gimbals, they all wear down on their pano locks which makes the entire frame of focus shift vertically when locking down.This panning base helps me avoid the vertical up and down movement while still allowing me to reuse my garbage tripod gimbals. There are reasons why Wimberley's cost the money that they are. This base is neither lightweight nor accurate but fills a specific roll in allowing me to reuse trash gimbals.While the pano gears are not exactly per 1 degree, they are close enough for me to use as a bandaid for my failed tripod gimbals instead of throwing them away (the gimbals).

I was very surprised at how well made this pan head is, given the low price. It is smooth and solid, and very precise. At the price it can't be beat. I was looking for something for occasional, light use, but this thing is much better than than. Very robust.

-Excellent overall quality-Excellent functionality-Smooth motion. More force than expected to turn.

Good manufacturing on this product, solid, stable. I use it in conjunction with a rail and a clamp to shoot panoramas.

Can't recommend this (or it's many rebadged clones). It's, at the same time, stiff to turn yet doesn't lock in position. I tighten the setscrew as much as I'm able but it doesn't solidly engage and there are several degrees of play/slop present when you put some rotational pressure on the "locked" turntable.

Ball heads are great for leveling the camera, but not so good for rotating on the level. This rotator takes the rotation function off the ball head. Unfortunately the rotation is a little tight, and there's no handles to help. But there's nothing else on the market that does the same thing.On a pan-tilt head this should be perfect.

Great for panoramic photography. I use this head to level the tripod, before a head or camera is placed on the tripod. It's got a very strong attachment screw which my tripod head can be attached, then the camera can be attached. For panorama photos, it's important to level the tripod first. This helps to avoid parallax error. Rotation is smooth and the locking screw holds the rotation in place. It's all manual, and it works, that's what I wanted out of this base.

Pretty awful. First of all, it's advertised as having 2-day delivery. Mine took a week to arrive, and it seemed to be by design. Upon arrival, the thing looks decent, BUT... the tension knob was so tight that it took pliers to get it loosened. After that, the camera mount was still so tight that I could barely turn it by hand. And the locking knob did nothing at all. Knob loose=hard to turn. Knob tight=same. Does not lock in place. Does not loosen. What a bad product. Stay away. And there are a few others that look like the same item with different names stamped on them too. I'm afraid to try one of them. Sheesh.