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Technical Details
- A medium sized ball head with quick release system
- Will hold a maximum payload of 6 kg
- Fits all tripods/ monopods with a 3/8 inch male thread
- Easy to use single lock to lock all head movements
- With friction control to support the weight of your camera but allow you to recompose
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Medium size, lightweight head with quick release system, perfect for amaterus and professionals that need to carry a little more weight
Product Description
Manfrotto ball hitch Compact with 200 PL 496 RC 2
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Great piece of kit that with out your tripod is just a shirt drier.
I by no means am a expert with this equipment, but the ball head has worked fantastically. There a two bolts or screws or what ever you call them to allow control over how the ball head moves. One is to simply to loosen up and lock up the ball head and the other is to control the friction on the ballhead allowing you manuver your equipment so that is moves with ease but does not just flop around and with a reasonable light lens you don't even have to worry about locking up every time. Also it has a indent on one of the sides so that your camera can be put in to any angle you desire. Want to make a portrait landscape panorama no problem.
My kit is very light the at heaviest it has been with a d60 and a 55-200mm and works perfectly fine. I have no doubt that the ball head could handle a lot more weight its very well made and the release plate is stuck always to the bottom of my camera ready to be popped on to the tripod.
It was a bit larger than I expected, but its still fairly small and I have no idea how large other ball heads normally are.
In summery great ball head that is very easy to use and light. Very good for enthusiast, but not for professionals who need prices accuracy and constant smooth movement.
I by no means am a expert with this equipment, but the ball head has worked fantastically. There a two bolts or screws or what ever you call them to allow control over how the ball head moves. One is to simply to loosen up and lock up the ball head and the other is to control the friction on the ballhead allowing you manuver your equipment so that is moves with ease but does not just flop around and with a reasonable light lens you don't even have to worry about locking up every time. Also it has a indent on one of the sides so that your camera can be put in to any angle you desire. Want to make a portrait landscape panorama no problem.
My kit is very light the at heaviest it has been with a d60 and a 55-200mm and works perfectly fine. I have no doubt that the ball head could handle a lot more weight its very well made and the release plate is stuck always to the bottom of my camera ready to be popped on to the tripod.
It was a bit larger than I expected, but its still fairly small and I have no idea how large other ball heads normally are.
In summery great ball head that is very easy to use and light. Very good for enthusiast, but not for professionals who need prices accuracy and constant smooth movement.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The Manfrotto head has friction control so you can set the tension on the head for the weight of the setup you are using. I do a lot of air show photos, and this head takes my 150-500mm Sigma lens & Pentax K20d with ease, I can release the lock, set the Friction control and move the lens Verticaly with no problem and no slackness. A very good Ball Head for the price. Would as an excellant product.Manfrotto 496RC2 Ball Head with Friction Control
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I've used this head with a D700 plus battery pack and my 70-200mm F2.8 and TC-1.7x teleconverter, flash gun and wireless trigger so if you add the weight of all that gear up, this head can hold more weight than you would need it to. You obviously wouldn't attach a weighty 400mm f2.8 zoom to this so for the majority of users looking for a lightweight, versatile, quick release head I can't think of any better than this.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Manfrotto 496RC2 Ball Head with Friction Control
This is exactly what I want to support my Canon 40D with EF-S 17-85mm and also EF 70-200mm f4 lens.
It's quick to position my camera without any fuss. Read more
It's quick to position my camera without any fuss. Read more
Published 22 hours ago by wai
A good ball head
A well made ball head which I'm using with a Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod. It will happily support my Nikon D80 with battery pack attached and a 70 - 300mm lens in both landscape and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nat L
Strong and sturdy
I bought this Ball Head to use on the Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod. I didnt have any trouble in using this head for my canon 450d and canon 70-200 F2.8L lens. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Hiranmay
a good value ball-head
I've had a Nikon D90 and a 70-300VR lens for quite some time, but I've never had a tripod that I'd felt cofortable resting them on. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Happy user
manfrotto ballhead
Fantastic product,everything as described, and arrived on time as stated I would certainly do business with this trader again and would highly recommend them to anyone
Published 3 months ago by Eugene
nice piece of kit
used it just for couple of times, I really love it, works nice and smooth, it's very strong and plate locks very well in it
Published 4 months ago by ciresel
Quality item
Top quality item - a very good design, solid build, brilliant workmanship, easy set up, pleasure to use. Highly recommended!
Quick delivery - top class service overall.
Quick delivery - top class service overall.
Published 4 months ago by Peter
Good, and not so good
Having been used to a pan and tilt head it took a little getting used to, but after a short while I found the 496RC2 mostly good and easy to use. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M Benham
Great Head
I bought this and paired it with the Manfrotto 055xprob tripod, a great head and a great tripod I JUST LOVE IT,
Weldon Manfrotto a quality product and great design, This head... Read more
Weldon Manfrotto a quality product and great design, This head... Read more
Published 9 months ago by mark
Solid, could be improved
Good head, I would recommend it, although it has a few quirks and some features that feel like appendixes. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. A. Pomeroy
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