Name: 3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head with Arca-Type Quick Release and Thumb Lever Lock
Brand: 3Pod
SKU: 3PSHPGQA
Price: 59.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head with Arca-Type Quick Release and Thumb Lever Lock

3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head

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3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head 

Buy the 3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head: lightweight, durable aluminum, supports 11 lbs. Features smooth movement & secure Arca-Type QR. Shop now for precise control!

Bring precision and ease to your photography with the 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead, equipped with an Arca-Type Quick Release and Thumb Lever Lock. This robust and versatile tool is designed to streamline your shooting process, enabling you to aim your camera swiftly and accurately at your subject. The 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead stands out with its industry-standard Arca quick-release plate, simplifying the process of attaching and detaching your camera. The innovative Lever Lock system securely holds the Arca Plate, releasing it only when you command, ensuring your equipment's safety and stability.Unlike traditional joystick configuration grip heads, the 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead places the camera mount directly on the ball. This design maintains the stability of your tripod base, regardless of configuration and orientation, providing you with consistent, reliable performance.The 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead offers exceptional versatility with its three configuration options: Righty, Lefty, and Joystick. You can easily adjust the camera mount plate to create a grip head designed for right or left-hand grip, or set it on the end of the grip in the traditional "Joystick" configuration. Moreover, the camera mount plate can be mounted at three possible angles in the Righty or Lefty setup, ensuring maximum comfort and grip control.Adjusting the Arca QR Receiver on the Pistol Grip is a breeze. Simply loosen the two Allen key screws counterclockwise, remove the Arca Plate Receiver, place it over the desired mounting area, replace the screws, and tighten. This user-friendly design makes setup quick and straightforward.The 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead also features adjustable tension control on the grip head. This allows for less pressure to move the ballhead with lighter rigs, or firmer support when mounting heavier camera and lens combinations, providing you with the flexibility to adapt to various shooting scenarios.Experience the joy of shooting with the 3POD Pistol Grip Ballhead. Its intuitive design will become second nature to your workflow, offering you an unprecedented level of freedom of movement and confidence in your photography.

Love the pistol grip but this does not support the weight of the Nikon full frame camera, 14-24 lens and flash unit while shooting vertical, even with friction all the way tight.

Great for lighter weight camera set-up

3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head is an amazing piece of hardware. As an (old) bird photographer I was finding that holding, focusing and stabilizing 4 or 5 kg of camera and long lens difficult and tiring, especially in low light. I found cranking my ISO to 5000 was unsatisfying especially for distant crops, so I tried supporting/stabilizing my gear on fence posts, branches, rocks, etc. with varying degrees of success.  A heavy duty tripod was a pain to lug around and set up and caused me to miss more shots than not. I tried a monopod but found that it limited my field of view more or less to the horizontal plane, causing me to miss a lot of photo ops when birds were up in the branches or flying between them. Trying to track flying birds was almost impossible as the monopod traced an unpredictable arc across the sky. When I added the 3pod life got much better. I set it up so that the grip is under the lens, then locking on target is a breeze. Just squeeze the pistol grip, aim the lens. release, tweak your camera settings and start shooting. It takes a few seconds to lock the monopod to eye level but after that I can focus my efforts on stabilizing my shot. After some practice (and with good image stabilization) I could get a decent number of clear shots with 800mm and shutter speeds as low as 1/25 sec. (I get a lot of blurry junk too) With this set up I can extend the monopod above my head and tilt the head/camera almost straight up to catch birds or monkeys hopping around in the branches. The ball grip is super strong and allows me to walk with my monopod extended and walk with my camera resting on my shoulder like a rifle.
- Loved the price
- Loved the weight
- Loved the grip/durability
- Can be used to tilt and level so you can pick solid ground, tilt the monopod if needed, then level the camera.
- Loved the cam lock quick release and safety lock.
- The monopod locks tend to wear out faster than the ball head grip. I can't find rebuild kits for either.
-  ALWAYS wear your camera strap to avoid hardware fatalities. 5kg of gear bouncing down trails on a 1/4-20 stud can occasionally come loose.

3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head with Arca-Type Quick Release and Thumb Lever Lock

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