My new tripod head has arrived this week. I had identified three major features:
- More stability than the Manfrotto 486RC2
- Arca Swiss compatible
- Low profile
The obvious candidate and the one that most fellow photographers arrive at is the Really Right Stuff BH-55. This is the de-facto king of ball and socket heads. I was pretty much resigned to having to pay their high prices and accept having to order direct from the States when I came across an alternative The Induro BHL3 This is a little known head and I struggled to source it in this country but it deserves to be much, much better known. See my full review here.