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I have a Glidetrack, but no tripod yet. Often the Glidetrack is mounted on top of a tripod (with camera on top). But, I want to make an easy transition where: camera on mounted Glidetrack => only camera (no Glidetrack) on tripod for panning => camera on mounted Glidetrack again. What...

The Velbon DV-7000 weighs about a kg (~2 pounds) more, but according to the specifications it can't hold as much weight as the Manfrotto 055 XPro B. What would be the best choice to combine with a Glidetrack 0.75 meters in terms of stability?

I am looking into the following equipment: * Panasonic GH2 * Manfrotto 055 * Glidetrack * one Manfrotto 701hdv fluid head The 701hdv will be mounted on the Glidetrack, and the Glidetrack mounted on tripod. BUT, I want to be able to quickly remove the 701hdv (with camera on top) and put it on...

I am going to buy a fluid head , namely the 701HDV, for my GH2. I will mount it on a Glidetrack SD (0.75 m). What tripod do you recommend for this setup? I don't want the camera to tip over when moving the camera on the track, but at the same time I don't want the tripod to be too heavy... Any...