My Preference for Geared Heads

My first “proper” tripod was a Manfrotto and it came with a ball head. This was back in 2008 so I can’t exactly remember what I thought about it, but I do know that I had soon replaced it with a Manfrotto “joystick” grip ball head.

When I started taking my landscape photography more seriously, I also decided to have 1-2-1 sessions with a professional. He was using a geared head and I soon became convinced that I needed one as well. So, in 2014 I purchased my first geared head and I’ve never looked back.

Here we are in 2021, and I’m now on my third geared head, the SunwayFoto GH-PRO II. It’s not that my previous 2 geared heads have failed in any way, but each successive geared head has been smaller, lighter and had better features.

I’d heard good things about the SunwayFoto geared head, so I was eager to get one and put it to good use. The question is, how good is it? Let’s find out in my video review below. Oh, and don’t worry, I’ll be capturing some landscape photographs as well (which you can see below).

Dartmoor Landscape Photographs