{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/mh_5000","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2009-10-19T18:12:31.747Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2009-10-19T18:12:31.747Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"Giottos MH-5000 head\",\n  \"entityId\": \"026ed560-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"026ed561-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"arts.meta.review_compensation\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.review_compensation.uncompensated\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }],\n    \"arts.meta.photo_gear\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"tripod\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }]\n  },\n  \"sidebar\": \"[The leg set I purchased to go with the head](/blog/bogen_manfrotto_055xb/).\\n\\nI really want a good quick-release system, but the G7 is sufficiently old and the wife has her eye on it that I've been putting off buying one until I figure out what the G7's replacement will be. 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So I ended up getting one of the fairly hard to find pan-tilt heads that doesn't have a quick release at all and I'll buy some proper quick release hardware later.. \",\n  \"srcImages\": [\"arts.blog.bogen_manfrotto_055xb.pic-0ab6bcb1-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5-infile\"]\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"a\", {\n    href: \"/blog/bogen_manfrotto_055xb/pic/\"\n  }, mdx(props.imgs.Img1, {\n    width: \"320px\"\n  })), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I want the impossible. I want a lightweight geared head vaguely like the Arca CUBE for under $200. Failing that, a good pan-tilt head with a ARCA-Swiss type mount. Unfortunately, neither of these are available. Actually, there aren\\u2019t even any really good geared heads for cheap, heavy or not. So I ended up getting one of the fairly hard to find pan-tilt heads that doesn\\u2019t have a quick release at all and I\\u2019ll buy some proper quick release hardware later.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I\\u2019ve written about this before, but I\\u2019m trying to avoid crappy quick release systems. My old Sunpak tripod had a quick release system common to a bunch of no-name cheap flashes. Pretty much all of my friends with cheap tripods have the same quick release system, regardless of how much they paid for it. It doesn\\u2019t lock securely (as all mounts that don\\u2019t latch to the back of the camera are prone to do) and really doesn\\u2019t fit any reasonable sized camera very well.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"My buying selection was pretty much determined by going to B&H and Adorama and sorting the different pan heads by price and then going up in price until I got to a non-quick-release head that\\u2019s not crappy looking. It turns out that the cheapest one that didn\\u2019t look like a piece of plastic crap is the MH-5000. There\\u2019s two versions of it. The MH-5000 has no quick release and the MH-5001 has a quick release. Sometimes the MH-5000 is listed as having a quick release, even though it doesn\\u2019t.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"It seems to be made from a few pieces of cast aluminum with a few bits of plastic here and there.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The bottom part of the tripod has a knob that doesn\\u2019t quite secure the camera from side-to-side movement as well as I\\u2019d like. There\\u2019s also a bubble level to help you get the tripod properly leveled and a set of guides like a compass rose, although there isn\\u2019t a corresponding tick mark on the tripod to let you index off of it. If the top of your tripod has the right sort of screws in it, you can tighten them to get the head completely secured.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"In my mind, the bottom part of it isn\\u2019t great. In my mind, I should be able to tighten the side-to-side tripod axis sufficiently tight that I can unscrew the head from the tripod.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"They did something with the screw to attach a camera underneath the mounting plate. There\\u2019s a knob and a lever and the whole works is designed supposedly so that you won\\u2019t be able to strip the tripod socket. But I\\u2019m not sure how to actually use it. It\\u2019s covered with some sort of matte sticky material to help it hold the camera steady. There\\u2019s no bubble level in this version.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The other two axes, tilting the camera up and down and side to side, feature huge plastic-coated handles. These two axes of rotation secure quite well. Because they are so big, you need to unscrew at least one of the handles to collapse the head for travel. Then you can screw that handle into the back of the other handle. The promotional material indicates that you can get a locking screw to replace one handle which gives you a two-axis head and a very nice handle, however that screw\\u2019s not included and I\\u2019m not entirely sure what screw is the right one to get.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Because it\\u2019s very much intended as a low-end video head, it\\u2019s fluid damped.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"It comes in a sack that\\u2019s big enough to fit over the head once you\\u2019ve mounted it on the tripod and removed one of the two handles.\"));\n}\n;\nMDXContent.isMDXComponent = true;","id":"92030993-5be2-5f82-8d6a-528eec040bfc","fields":{"sidebar":"<p><a href=\"/blog/bogen_manfrotto_055xb/\">The leg set I purchased to go with the head</a>.</p>\n<p>I really want a good quick-release system, but the G7 is sufficiently old and the wife has her eye on it that I've been putting off buying one until I figure out what the G7's replacement will be. Also, I kinda want the ARCA-Swiss type mount and that's a good way to spend a bunch of money.</p>\n"},"frontmatter":{"date":"October 19, 2009","title":"Giottos MH-5000 head","type":"BlogPosting","description":"I want the impossible.  I want a lightweight geared head vaguely like the Arca CUBE for under $200.  Failing that, a good pan-tilt head with a ARCA-Swiss type mount.  Unfortunately, neither of these are available.  Actually, there aren't even any really good geared heads for cheap, heavy or not.  So I ended up getting one of the fairly hard to find pan-tilt heads that doesn't have a quick release at all and I'll buy some proper quick release hardware later.. ","sidebar":"[The leg set I purchased to go with the head](/blog/bogen_manfrotto_055xb/).\n\nI really want a good quick-release system, but the G7 is sufficiently old and the wife has her eye on it that I've been putting off buying one until I figure out what the G7's replacement will be. 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