Ballheads

Looking for a ballhead for your tripod legs? A ballhead uses some kind of ball to allow free rotation in any direction. Most photographers prefer them over pan/tilt heads.

My favorite is the Burzynski head, but it is best suited for a medium to large tripod. A reader emailed me a link to his ballhead page, and it’s worth a look if you’re in the market, offering a nice summary of many of the better choices. You might also want to purchase my research article The Sharpest Image, to understand the various issues that affect image sharpness.

Burzynski ballhead with Really Right Stuff PCL-1