Backpackable tripod/fluid head

[xort]

So far all in all my searching I have not come up with a quality fluid head in a compact size. This will be for a Panasonic GH2. I want true backpack size head & sticks. I already own a Vinten Vision 3 head & sticks. That is much too big, even if I were to put the Vinten on a set of carbon fiber legs.

 

[nwstudios]

This one gets good reviews. I have not personally used it .

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/708389-REG/Sachtler_0307_FSB_4_Fluid_Head.html

 

[ggrantly]

At the extreme small end of this idea, I use a Manfrotto 701 on a monopod.

Grant

 

[Bruce Watson]

So far all in all my searching I have not come up with a quality fluid head in a compact size. This will be for a Panasonic GH2. I want true backpack size head & sticks. I already own a Vinten Vision 3 head & sticks. That is much too big, even if I were to put the Vinten on a set of carbon fiber legs.

How about a Sachtler Ace, if it ever comes out? Still close to 10 lbs. Is there a set of carbon fiber legs with a 75mm bowl that will work with the Ace fluid head?

 

[David W. Jones]

If memory serves the Vision 3 is 6 pounds.