Hi,
I'm going to get a ballhead soon. I was thinking of getting the sirui ballhead at this store this afternoon but the salesperson told me not to get as it isn't as safe as the manfrotto one. Btw i'm using a manfrotto tripod. The salesperson said to get back the same brand of ballhead and tripod together because he quoted the sirui ballhead would damage the thread of the tripod thread. Is this true? Can i use any other brand of ballhead instead of a manfrotto?
Thanks.
Er.... which shop did u go? Better not buy stuff from there.
Yes, u can mix n match tripod head with tripod, brand is not the issue here.
As long as u tripod supports interchangable head (those low end cheap cheap tripod dont, pls refer to my previous post), all u need to take care is the screw size on the tripod and the screw mounting of the tripod head. There are 2 standard, 1/4" & 3/8" (pls refer to my previous post).