K & F Concept 3 Way Geared Head Overview • How does it work?

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Nice review Phil. That certainly would help speed up things getting the right position. Know that feeling about the "droop" with bigger lens set ups. Cheers for sharing 🙏

I hate most of my ball heads because of that droop problem. I solved it with the Platyball, but this looks much better (and cheaper). Thanks for sharing!

That is a god send for landscape shooters. I can only imagine how nice it was the first time you dialed in a composition and it stayed like you set it. I have had the exact same experience with ball heads.

I have a Manfrotto tripod head similar to the K&F Concept - although it's probably heavier- and I love it for astrophotography and landscape photography.

Not sure I heard you mention how great these heads are for flower photography. I use mine all the time in my garden.

We are geared head brothers. I got mine a bit ago and love it. I guess Phil's and K&H Geared head go together. Great demo of how the head works. I love mine for macro. Cheers.

Thanks Phil for sharing another wonderful video like always 👍

That’s a slick head Phil. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one like it. Thanks for reviewing it.

The ability to precisely frame shots without movement from a geared head seems like a real game-changer for landscape photographers.

Another similar geared head is the Sunway Foto GH-PRO II. I purchased it for the eclipse. I've also used it for landscapes and flowers. It seems to be a little more compact than the K&F one. Both great products without breaking the bank!

Hi Phil, thanks for illustrating how this concept works. Seems like it's more affordable than it looks at first sight ;-)
Last year Jan Wegener and Duade tempted me to a get Flexshooter (Jan just talks again about it in his last video) and for me this was a real game changer ! It's lighter and more compact than this geared head, but it also replaces my gimbal for birding!
When you correctly balance the camera, it even holds position without locking. But you can lock it if you want. The internal springs do a great job of balancing the tilt, while allowing easy panning. And the outside ball allows to set it spirit level, or switch to portrait for people like me who don't have an L bracket.
This week, I got my 100-500 back. Looks like Canon did replace the lens foot, but there has been some discussion between my Camera Store and Canon: my dealer first sent it back to Canon, because it could still slip a little and Canon replied it was impossible to completely avoid any slip. Nevertheless, now I can again use the lens foot for turning when detaching the lens from the camera. Before the fix that was no longer possible which was annoying because also the zoom ring wasn't very suitable to screw the lens out ;-)

I have it, and I love it.

Great review! I will keep it in mind. I haven't noticed the droop out of my tripod. I will have to pay more attention next time.

Thank you very much for this convincing presentation. I'm toying with the idea of buying this 3-way geared head. I would like to use it for macrophotography together with the weMacro Slider for focus stacking shots. I have a question about this: The slider has an Arcaswiss profile on the underside. Is it possible to mount the slider rotated by 90° on the 3-way geared head? Will that work?

Just got this today from Amazon. $118 on sale and it is high quality.

do it work panaromic?

It's all fun and games with the CD3W until you need to shoot a portrait. Flip it over, and there's no way to adjust the up/down camera tilt using the 3 knobs. You have to twist the camera on the mounting plate, at which point it starts to unscrew. Please correct me if I'm missing something or using it wrong.

I’ve had two different geared heads and both gave out in less than a year.I used them with my Hasselblad 503 CX with nothing larger than the 150mm lens and a Nikon F3 with nothing larger than the 300mm lens. The Benro I had would always sag and never hold a setting. The K&F had one of the three gears just give out and just spin without any movement. Both are just junk in my book. I’ve gone back to my old Manfrotto 3047 3 way heads modified to take Arca Swiss plates.

What am i missing? Shouldnt a photographer know about manual focus?

Exactly described! Thank you for your help! Good alternative to a sagging ball head! What a relief when the composition stays exactly as you have chosen! I need to purchase this three way geared head from K&F Concept!

It gave me flashbacks and anxiety just listening to your description of getting a ball head on target. 😂

Why can't people actually keep the product they are showing in focus. So annoying

Yes, it droops and it just drives me crazy. I thought I have a faulty ball head!!

It’s a load of crap.. and will last 3 months.. I know cos I have one