FluidHead diy?

wgzn said:
as fun as this would be and as impressed as i am with some of you guys' technical knowledge. i agree with greg in that you get into a situation of demand vs effort.

anyone who can justify the NEED for an $11,000 head or has $500,000 of gear to put on a head, PROBABLY has no problem with a head costing $11,000
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Damn! There you go ruining a good thread with REALITY.... I am getting Pi**ed off with it! All my best I ideas get ruined as soon as some one drops some reality on them... :-)
 
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james d said:
I can understand the price for mo cap or similar being so expensive... but something which tilts smoothly and just supports upto around 60kg for around $11000 is stupid amounts to paying... but it's just the way the industry is.
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Now you have me really curious as to what exactly you do in this industry, why you feel the need to own a fluid head which supports 60kg, and exactly which cameras you will be using with this head?

For what it's worth, in my nearly 40 years in the business, I have only purchased 2 new heads. Every other head/legs I own have been purchased used for substantial savings over new.

Have you looked into purchasing used gear?
 
I believe the discussion is not about a head that handles 60kg so much as a discussion about a quality head that costs $11k. The discussion being, what is in that head that makes it so great and cost so much.

But the two get tied together. Heavy loads = low volume = high cost. That's part of it. Is it 10 times smoother than a $500 head? No, probably not.
 
Paul F said:
I believe the discussion is not about a head that handles 60kg so much as a discussion about a quality head that costs $11k. The discussion being, what is in that head that makes it so great and cost so much.

But the two get tied together. Heavy loads = low volume = high cost. That's part of it. Is it 10 times smoother than a $500 head? No, probably not.
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It is not about being 10 times smoother than a head costing 10 times as much. It is about being as smooth as a $500 but with a load 10 times heavier. If you put 60kgs on a $500 head and a $11K head after a few hours the $11K head will be a lot smother as the $500 head will probably be broken. You only need to break half a dozen $500 heads (coupled with the cost of the time lost on the shoot to change the head and reset the scene) to quite easily justify an $11K head.

Thank God I have a 2Kg Camera :-)
 
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