jnorman34 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Can someone suggest a decent affordable motorized pan head? I have seen the polaroid one for about $100, but its reviews are not so glowing. the bescor unit for $125 gets better reviews. I am mainly doing pans of architectural subjects, so I want a fairly slow pan, so a unit that has adjustable pan speed would be good. I have a nice manfrotto fluid head, but my hand-moved pans are not as smooth or consistent as I want. also, do any of you use your fluid head on top of the motorized head, or does the motorized head take the place of the fluid head entirely? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnorman34 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 hmmm - I just watched some footage from the bescor unit, and it hardly seems any smoother than my hand pans. perhaps I should go back to the old rubber band method... are there any other good tricks to get smooth pans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Thomas Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The Bescor is great. I've had one for years. The last video I used it on was this - http://avene.org/zux-put-down-music-video/ I had 5 instances of the guy all shot using the Bescor set to auto pan. The speed did vary very slightly from take to take, but thankfully I was able to sync them up and mask them well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnorman34 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Glenn - very nice work. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBarlow Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The Bescor 101 is a generic unit sold under many brands. It can be wired to operate wirelessly using a flash/remote shuuter trigger over 30 meters away, or through walls - YongNuo type ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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