okay so today I'm reviewing the Manfrotto 410 jr. geared head says it
replaces the 32 75 and I'm also getting this Manfrotto 120 38 column spacer
which is an adapter for the center column on your tripod you're going to
want that to give it some clearance on these controls here and I'm going to
demonstrate all of that as we go through this review this has 3/8 inch threads
both on the adapter and on the bottom of this tripod head so we're also going to
go over the plate the whole point of a geared head is you can have very precise
directional control over your camera and lens and I'm using this for wildlife not
for fast-moving wildlife like birds in flight but if you're gonna have to make
a video of a woodpecker drilling a hole in the side of a tree or something
bluebirds coming and going from a box things like that are in a fixed
position this kind of head is going to be fantastic now for the plate that you
have here which is much larger than the standard Manfrotto plates I have which
is good one is a 3/8 inch thread the others 1/4 20 so I'm going to remove the
3/8 here and we're gonna keep the quarter 20 because that's what I need
for the lens that I'm gonna put on here and then you just push that rubber
grommet right back in there and it holds its position plus there's a little
sliding space here you can balance whatever you put on there if it's a
camera in this case I'm mounting a lens to it and I'm going to show you that as
well if you're using a large telephoto lens when you have that zoomed all the
way out and I'm going to show you a 500 millimeter lens you don't want a lot of
control on it so there's no shake when you're taking a video or stills this
shows the release mechanism and the serial number can be found right here on
top after you take the plate off and there is one bubble level and that's on
top it's the only one of course the tripod has its own bubble level so we're
going to take this 3/8 inch threaded post here I'm going to screw it right
into the bottom of this head and remember this spacer see those bottom
controls this spacer is going to give me the clearance I need when I put this on
the tripod there are also three flathead screws on the bottom make sure and cinch
those up too that will eliminate any rocking or
movement between these two components and we look at nice and close to the
controls they're rubber they're knurled the larger wave shaped control ring
there feels like metal and the degrees were clearly marked here for those who
do very precise stitching together or photos if you're a landscape or you're
some kind of architectural photographer you're gonna be able to control photo by
photo as you stitch together those huge panoramic sand interior shots now I'm
going to use the Manfrotto 0:55 tripod here which is my favorite tripod it also
has a 3/8 inch thread sticking up and it's spring-loaded so it pushes down and
reveals 1/4 20 if you need that and here it is mounted simple and quick now look
at the control here tilt pan and fore and aft there so you go side to side
panoramic forward and back and this is very easy to control you grab that wave
ring there twist it to the right and you can rapid position and then of course go
back to the smaller knob where you can turn it and have complete careful
control as you focus in on that subject matter this is pretty good as I said
you're not going to use this for fast-moving stuff but if you are
watching butterflies on flowers and things like that and you need to get in
there and have a stable camera position that's why I bought this and the tilt
ring is it only goes 30 degrees in one direction 90 degrees in the other for
that portrait position and we're going to show that too and it's absolutely
quiet so if you do wildlife photography nothing you're doing can make a
ratcheting sound you don't want to alert the wildlife that you're there I have to
say I'm very impressed with the build of this it is nice and solid and the
movements have no play in them now if you take the big ring and rapidmove
it you can end up in between kind of gear spacing and then it'll make a
little click but once it clicks and locks in you have total control again
and there is no detectable play in this at all so I like it
yep very good it has a capacity of the head itself old
eleven pounds the tripod that I'm putting it on as a payload capacity of
nineteen point eight pounds make sure all the gear that you use has the weight
rating for the equipment that you're about to put on it the lens and camera
I'm putting on this is just over five pounds so this is more than adequate to
do what I need it to do nice and smooth nice and quiet these are the details
from the box this is a genuine Manfrotto product some people get some of these
that are knock-offs I don't know where they're getting them from but the head
weighs three pounds and it holds 11 pounds 0.02 made out of aluminum solid
block of aluminum kind of feels like a really rugged piece of gear the other
piece here to this adapter one 120-38 tripod columns feels like a metal hockey
puck to me fantastic solid well machined clean the knurling
here is very nice and see the space that it provides here between the tripod and
that head if I didn't have it I'd be annoyed
now the other thing is the screw that's on the bottom of the plate here that you
mount to your camera or in this case to my lens
you can do that with a quarter or a nickel in your pocket so no need to
carry any extra gear clicks right in easy removal easy attachment and it's
very firm so very happy with this now you can see that I have a two hundred
500 millimeter lens on here that's a long lens and it's of course zoomed out
to the 200 if you zoom it to 500 really long lots of exaggerated movement at
that distance and this this head is going to give me the exact amount of
control that I need to get this camera focused in exactly where I need it to be
quiet and clean and accurate excellent very impressed with this head I would
definitely recommend this thing and of course tilting side to side you can go
to portrait mode here you're not going to want to do it with this micro
adjustment handle you're gonna want to go to the big wave shaped handle there
and twist it to the right and flip the whole thing down and then that's going
to get you in that position fast here we go
right there we're vertical but of course review using a big lens like this it
also has the lens ring and you can just turn the camera within that lens ring
and go to your portrait mode so you have your options here and again the micro
adjustments are really good especially when you really have to level up if
there's water and stuff involved and here we go using the ring lock that
right in and you could leave the head in the upright position nice I really like
it
so here we go there's the whole rig wildlife nature photography
architectural photography whatever you do if you need to have really good
control with your head on your tripod I would say this 410 junior geared
head is the way to go I've never had a gear head before so I can't really
compare it to anything else but it's fantastic and I plan to use it thanks
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