Discount on SCG StediFast HD + T8 Fluid Head: bit.ly/3xkdkce Use Promo Code: WC10

@smoothcameragear_official

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Sareesh, for accepting our sponsorship offer.😊We've long admired your work and are thrilled to devote our first sponsorship to your channel. Your videos and tutorials align perfectly with our mission to support the filmmaking and video creation community. We are both delighted and honored that you have continued to use our products for nearly five years and have now accepted our sponsorship.

@smoothcameragear_official

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Sareesh, for accepting our sponsorship offer. 😊We've long admired your work and are thrilled to devote our first sponsorship to your channel. Your videos and tutorials align perfectly with our mission to support the filmmaking and video creation community. We are both delighted and honored that you have continued to use our products for nearly five years and have now accepted our sponsorship.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

You're welcome. Happy to have SCG as a sponsor!

Besides the T8 fluid head (payload 2-10kg), we have a T6 fluid head with a payload capacity from 0 to 7 kg. It will better counterbalance very small sized cameras, like what you used in the video, as its counterbalance is specially finely-tuned for smaller camera setups. For the tripod legs, in addition to the StediFast HD, we offer its smaller counterpart, the StediFast, which features the same fast-locking mechanism but in a more compact size. The T6 Stedifast systems' price starts from $796, extremely competitive against Manfrotto with way better performance.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the notes!

Come on, Wolfcrow, don't blow smoke. This video is a sales promo for the SCG gear. I've been a sub for years and don't mind you making some $$$, but I don't like it disguised as a gear review. We can take the honest truth.

@cruiseouyang5065

Ай бұрын

To be fair, he’s been using the product for nearly five years before taking the sponsorship, which shows his commitment to authenticity and discretion.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

I used my Cartoni for my film, and use OConnor when I have to. I have also used the SCG for the last five years, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them over other brands in that price bracket. Ultimately all I can do is share my experience. Looks like you couldn't take the honest truth! Just kidding.

I found this video to be very helpful as it provided a thorough explanation of tripod features and setup which was exactly what I needed! 👍🏻

@wolfcrow

29 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

All I know is cheap tripod heads suck and the heavier camera and lenses are the worse they become.

Hmm, I guess the market is different in India. Manfrotto makes a lot of fluid heads - also non-Nitrotech. But yes, you do pay a premium for their products.

@the_black_douglas9041

Ай бұрын

What Manfrotto calls fluid heads are actually friction heads.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

They're not really real fluid heads. They just call them "Fluid". The gaping hole in the middle is a clue!

For those of us who don’t have more aspirations than making some cheap travel video one day and lack 97% of the abilities of a filmmaker, I am somehow fixed the Ulanzi/fotopro video tripod. But that is not the focus of your channel anyway. Thanks anyway

Love the way it’s presented 👍🏻

@wolfcrow

29 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent Sareesh! The short film is nice 😊 I have been wanting to move from my Miller Air with 2-stage carbon fibre legs to something with fully adjustable counter balance. If suddenly clients ring out of the blue and say, “Hey, we love you so much that we want to double your rate!”…then I’d jump on a Miller CX or Cartoni Focus HD. In reality I think the SCG T8 looks really excellent for the price. I would be interested in your view of the “sleek” legs? They look similar to the Miller Rapid Lock…wondering if they are as good. Thanks again Sareesh.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I've just had the StediFast HD for a couple of weeks, but as per my discussions with SCG, the legs are designed for many years of use, with premium alloys. It was buttery smooth in all my tests. My review of the product is due next Monday.

I've rented Manfrotto "fluid" heads (all models), most of Sachtler heads (from Ace to Video 20), some Vinten heads (Vision 5), Cartoni (Focus HD). And from my experience - Manfrotto is not suited for professional work like all others brands I've mentioned above. I own two Manfrotto heads (500 and 504x). And while I have no questions to 500 head: it works OK for 130$ price, my 504x is just disaster, its counter-balance system doesn't work as advertise and max payload of 12 kg is... well, VERY optimistic (in reality it can't work with 3 kg setup). Finally it has broken after 2 years of careful operation and I switched to Miller CX6 head. The difference is like day and night! Miller head (as Sachtler and other well-established brands) just works, buttery smooth diagonal panoramas, real 12 kg max payload, and real counter-balance system from 0 to 12 kg. Personally I like CX6 more than Sachtler FSB8 mk1, CX6 is more in Video18 league for smoothness. With good head you can't ruin you take because of jerky panorama with tele lens or unstable very slow pannnig (that was usual case with Manfrotto) and you can shoot faster and better. Good head "overlives" any camera you have, so from my opinion no point to spend your money on cheap one. Buy once, Cry once!

@wolfcrow

29 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I would love to try out Miller one day.

The fact that one of the tripods you are “evaluating” is also the sponsor of the video kind of makes the whole video suspect. It is a poorly disguised advertisement.

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

I prefer my Cartoni, and the OConnor when I need it, as stated in the video. I also own SCG and have used it for the last five years. Can't make it any more clear or honest than that.

Have you tried Novoflex’s Qudropod? Quite stable & of course place a video head of choice on there?

@wolfcrow

Ай бұрын

Four legs is one too many! Three leg systems are pretty stable for camera systems. I prefer my tables and chairs with four legs though!

If my Cartoni 12 SDS is my wife. Then my Satchler Activ 8 Flowtech is my mistress. The reason I didn't marry Satchler is due to recurring step-drag issues I keep having=/ I've owned 2 Aktiv heads and both have given me issues with the tilt drag=(.

Bramayugam 😅