Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black)

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I like the design,sleek and light.Steady grip in a reasonable price.Found what I need.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

Love this head!

Compact size makes it perfect for digital SLR on a tabletop tripod. Finally a graceful way to pan while shooting video with my Nikon D7000. The feel is surprisingly solid.

Getting a smooth pan takes a little practice as this is not really a "fluid" head, it just has variable resistance. But if you're careful, you can pull off some nice pans that would that would otherwise require a bulkier setup.

The quick release fits nicely with the other Manfrotto heads in my collection, allowing me to move smoothly between devices.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I wanted a light compact head for my spotting scope and occasional light duty camera use. Ball heads do not work with a scope and my other heads were large and heavy. The tilt lock is so weak, even when gorilla tightened close to strippng the threads, my scope flops loose when I walk with it over my shoulder. I am afraid my scope will eventually be damaged. The tilt could not hold my middle weight 35mm camera just sitting there. My scope is well within the weight limit stated for this head. It is such an absurd flaw, makes me wonder if anyone who made this actually tried using it once. That the quick plate does not lock also makes me nervous, one brush against something and my scope will be lying on the ground. A weak product for this company, about what I would expect from a $15 no-name head. Just junk. I am taking a wrench to the little tilt knob next to see if it will eventually hold, or I will disable the tlt with JB Weld, if not it is going in the trash.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

use it on lite stand for my 580ex
top is male , bottom is female, 1/4 - 20
should be flipped over by reversing male and female
put long handle with knob
then could be used with one hand to tighten, loosen and swivel
like pan head for a camera on tripod

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I use to take a video withm my Nikon D300s

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

For the price, this tripod head has a very solid build quality. I'm also quite surprised by how fluid this head is considering the price point. The lack of a spirit bubble is a bit of a dissappointment, but given the need for it to be compact, I'm still very happy with this item.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

if you pack your DSLR when you travel and you want to shoot video with it from a tripod is a pretty good option. Obviously, is not going to be as smooth as a nice large video head but for its intended purpose is good. The panning feature is not the fluid type there is only a knob that you tighten in order to give resistance. Honestly, the novel only works to lock it in place, if you really want to pan with ahead you must loose and it completely otherwise it will not pan smoothly. it's pretty much the same thing with the tilt. However, for travel video is still superior than using a regular ball head, by far.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

You get what you pay for and this tripod head isn't very good. I found that the quick relase doesn't want to fully click in and there is a lot of play in motion of each piece of the 3 way pan even when you tighten down everything. Save your money and spend a little more on a better quality head.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

Normally I'm on the move catching shots from different angles in the venue I'm involved in. Occasionally I'll shoot video and need something more stable than a monopod or the head I currently use which isn't made to pan. The 391RC2 is an affordable solution to the fluid filled movement I'd like to use, very smooth to pan with. A bubble balance would be a nice addition, as would an extra locking device to secure the spring loaded lever that holds the quick release plate. As it is said to hold up to 11 lbs, I wouldn't recommend anything heavier than about 6-8 lbs. My camera with the 70-200 f2.8 lens is 5-7 lbs and that, I feel, is pushing it a little. I would recommend this to anyone needing a good entry level head!

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I use this head (being compact) so I can fold it away into my cary bag along with my Oben tripod (for my SLR). It works ok... the only problem so far is if you
do use it for 1080p video on a pan the head has a sticking point so you need to sort out the movement and what you will do before you do it (run through). For all of that
it will do (after you work all the sticking points out). It is good for still shots and has a good range of movement. More levels would have been good. My Oben quick release is so much better than the one on this head but all said and done there can be trade off's on all gear.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I don't see any problems with this. Not the best pan/tilt head in the world obviously, but certainly great for the price.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

Looking for a cheap manfrotto quality head that was good for both photo and video. Went with this one over the 700 and the 701, both of which I think I liked the movement of more. Chose this one because it has a quickrelease, whereas the others require sliding.

One annoyance is the direction of switching your camera from landscape to panoramic - make sure you check your horizon lines because it's not always flat or 90 degrees - just a little bit off.

Solid.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I had originally bought a Manfrotto 293A3-RC1 Aluminum 3-Way Head to fit on my
TrekPod Go! however it was impossible to pan with, really!
It was so tight to turn that it was useless and it had no lock on the pan and didn't need
one, it was so stiff it was like they put loc-tite in it instead of grease.
I returned that one and bought the 391RC2.

The 391RC2 has a typical twist the handle to lock the tilt and is a bigger head than
the 293, but it's significantly smoother and it should improve after it's broken in a bit.
It works great with my TrekPod. The size is about as big as I'd want to go for a TrekPod.
It has a friction drag and it has a seperate lock for pan and tilt. The action is very smooth
and not jerky at all. It works well and much better than I expected on the TrekPod which
is a small light monopod with legs.

It also has a quick release plate. It's a quality head and it works very smoothly.
I'd like it to be able to pan a bit faster, but it's a fluid head, so smooth and slow.
Overall I'm very happy with it, a bit smaller would be better.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

It's a pretty solid head for [$] but the horizontal/vertical adjustment doesn't tighten very well. Big lenses cause slippage. Smaller camera's and video should be ok.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

It works great. I wanted a light weight, fluid pan head for digital camcorder, that would also work with my dslr cameras.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

Very nice, great quality head. Very smooth and easy to adjust.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

This head has the tendency to creep when you tighten down the screws, or if you have a heavy lens. I removed the cap and tightened the bolt for the vertical movement so it wouldn't sag, but now it is quite tight when tilting up and down.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

Nice pan feature. Quick release camera mount. The only drawback is that the quick release mount has some type of plasic nub that gets in the way of mounting to my camera flush.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

as stated: this is a Junior pan/tilt head. Because of this, there is a limit to the weight this head can handle.

I also do a lot of still photos with my gripped Canon bodies with "L" lens, this means more weight. With this I use a 322RC2 head.

But, I bought this head to use with a HD Video Camera which is pretty lightweight.

The action is smooth with the panning. I gave it 4 stars because I wish the handle was slightly longer. But, the short handle makes it more compact.

Comments about Manfrotto 391RC2 Junior 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head (Black):

I bought this tripod head a few weeks ago to put on my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. So far it has worked very well as a small and versatile Pan/Tilt head. My one worry with it was that the clamp doesn't close all the way onto the camera mount, but the camera does sit very firmly on the head and so far I've seen no signs of it getting loose. All-in-all, this is an excellent head for a reasonable price.