Q68 Aluminum Alloy Camera Tripod Ball Head With 1/4 Inch Arca Swiss Quick Fast Plate includes Bubble Level, Max Loading 19.8pounds Ballhead for Tripod,Monopod,Slider,DSLR Camera,Camcorder

Purchased this for my new tripod which only had a standard ball head fitted. I wanted the panorama feature and the quality of this unit for the price looked very good. It was dispatched and delivered very quickly thanks to Amazon and the packaging of the unit is simple but adequate the big surprise was when I opened the box, the ball head came in its own carry pouch with the instruction for use, it also comes with the 3/8'' to 1/4'' thread reducer already instaled, so if your tripod thread is 3/8'' you will need to remove it as I did, the quick release plate was already instaled too this has the d link style screw to fix it to your camera tripod mounting hole The controls on the ball head are pretty easy to work out the single knob at the bottom of the ball head is to lock or release the panorama feature whereas the large and small knobs are for the control of the main ball joint, some people have said they don't know why there are two controls, it's simple the small knob is the clutch and the big knob the brake, just undo the large control knob until the ball joint is loose then adjust the small knob until you can move the ball head but with enough resistance to support your camera lens set up then lock it with the large control knob after that you will only need to use the large knob to unlock the ball head without your camera flopping all over the place, simple, the quick release plate knob speaks for itself. The panning mechanism is nicely damped and feels very smooth and the ball head has two bubble levels fitted one for landscape and one for portrait orientation all in all I have found this ball head to be of excellent quality and great value for money. I would highly recommend this product to anyone

Seemed ok actually. Re-ordered next model up which is better in many ways.

Bought this for my tripod which currently has a manfrotto style head. The Arca-Swiss quick release system is so much more versatile and easy to use. Excellent for when you need to take panoramas in the portrait aspect. It was a little stiff at first but after a few uses its perfect. Excellent value for the money.

Surprisingly robust and good quality at a very reasonable price. Supports my Fuji XT2 with 100-400mm + 1.4 TC on Manfrotto 190 tripod very well.

Excellent product and good value for the money you pay. Really solid and metal.

Very versatile and works brilliant for lots of different shots.

Fantastic value for money and works great. Buy with full confidence. Great for macro photography.

Good built quality nd pan.