Gitzo 1370M 3-way tripod head
No, it is not what you think from the title of the post, although that wouldn’t be to far off either. Err, what am I on about here? I acquired, via Yahoo! Auctions a new tripod head. In the past I never able to figure out what those 3-way heads are supposed to be good for, as they are slower to adjust than the more common tilt and pan heads with only one handle.
Well, I have seen the light and this is exactly what I need to work with the monorail. It is very time-consuming to level the camera with the one handled head and it doesn’t give you the flexibility to quickly pan the whole camera for example, without inadvertently loosing the other adjustments. With the 1370M I only have to loosen one of the handles for the axis I want to change, and that’s it. I have to take the gadget out for a spin this week!
The Japanese word for this piece of equipment is é›²å° [ã†ã‚“ã ã„], which means camera platform.