Arca-Swiss C1 Cube Geared Head w / Arca-Type Flip-Lock Quick Release

Designed for a realm where functionality trumps all concerns, the Arca-Swiss C1 Cube simultaneously achieves mastery of control with an appearance approaching the status of jewelry.  A lofty summit of price & precision, it gives users incredible accuracy in placing their heavy cameras that they never could have known before without enduring much more weight.  There are still plenty of shooters around wishing to actually travel with their best stuff, and no geared head seemed practical to endure on one's person before the C1 arrived.

There are finely calibrated panoramic adjustments under and above the x-y geared axes that have a range of ± 28°, and can be adjusted in their gearing speed to accommodate differing rigs.  Why two panoramic axes?  So that you can first center the controls to your position with the bottom axis, then readjust the camera to point dead ahead with the upper.  The gearing knobs have a little scrap of rubber running around them, to give you pinpoint control while wearing gloves without being so broad as to obstruct the head's movements.  And on the bottom of it all, there's a third (ungeared) hinge which can tilt forward by 62° so that any camera can reach the 90° vertical position.