Velbon PH-157Q 3-Way Head with Quick Release - Silver Handle

This was a replacement for an identical head that was over 15 years old and, after extensive use with birdwatching scopes up to 80mm/60x and for photography, had started to wear and jamb. Previous head gave excellent long service and was easy to use for tracking birds in flight and panning a still camera. Easy to line up on stationary objects for use up to 60x magnification.Locks easily and smoothly. Fairly light for carrying - I typically use with a Velbon Delta tripod and an 80mm scope walking up to 4 miles round reserves.Rather more difficult to align precisely for digiscoping, unless your setup is perfectly balanced, or to pan really smoothly for video. It can (with care) be used for these applications but a heavier / more expensive head or a fluid head would be better / easier if this was your main use.The £21 head includes a £7 quick release plate - ideal for a camera but the alternative version of the plate (available separately) with a extra (removable) pin to prevent twisting is better with large scopes.Everything has its limitations but this product does its primary job well and is probably is unbeatable value for money.

My Velbon tripod had been bashed about a bit by the removal men and a little bit of plastic on the head was broken, making it difficult to use. Found a replacement head at Amazon, of course (checked hte Velbon website first for components). Very good price, amazingly fast delivery. Received the package at 7 in the morning (bless you, Royal Mail!) and replaced the broken head -- and I was totally happy. Highly recommended.

I bought this panhead to give my monopod a quick release system for my DSLR. It allows for smooth adjustment and weighs very little. As an added bonus, the QB-157 quick release plate can also be used with the AmazonBasics Lightweight Tripod with Bag 60 Inches / 152.4 cm , granted you make some minor adjustments to the latter with some glue and credit card pieces. This way, I can quickly switch between tripod, monopod or just free.While fastening the panhead with the arm, there's little to no position creep, which is very good considering the price tag. The quick release plate doesn't have a video pin, though Velbon does make the QB-157N, which does have such a pin.Overall I'd consider this a good investment if you have a tripod or monopod that could use panhead or quick release system. If you have both a monopod and a tripod with both lacking a panhead and/or quick release two of these might be a sound investment too.

I bought this head to fit on my Velbon Cube tri-pod when I wanted to use my video camera rather than still camera and when traveling. Although it weighs as much as the tri-pod it certainly does the job and even though it is not a fluid head it does have a smooth action. With the head fitted to the tri-pod it still fits into my camera bag which is what I wanted. It is solid and well made but two points I would mention, 1)in some places it is shown as having a hight of 4.1 cm, this is clearly wrong, more like 4 inches, and 2)the pan handle is on the left side which feels a little strange for a right handed person. Bearing these last two points in mind I am happy to recommend it.

My Spotter-scope locks securely onto the head. Very easy to track moving objects and readily locks into position. Also the plane can be flipped 90' so I can use my angled scope with a bench clamp even on a high shelf.

Had ended up with a set of cheap, unbranded (but probably Velbon originated) legs and acquired this head to make up to a marketable product. Did the job! Amazing the price variation that was seen for this product when searching for a supplier - there are some rogues about amongst photographic retailers. Happily the 'complete' tripod has moved onto a new home!

This product is suprisingly heavy! Very precise, and just wreaks of good metal! Nice smooth motions, without any jittering in pans/tilts. Buy with confidence.

Product is fine and good , only problem was that the package was not left with a resident it was in fact left in the cardboard recycle bin. It was only because I wasputting some recycling in thebin that I found the parcel!!

Ottimo prodotto come ricambio per una testa identica che dopo 15 anni mi era caduta a terra rovinandosi

Elle est parfaite en remplacement de celle d'origine et elle est complètement compatible les accessoires de l'époque. Merci amazon. Cervicales au top

Der Velbon PH-157Q Mehrzwegneiger hat mich schon nach dem auspacken voll überzeugt. Das Produkt macht einen stabilen und hochwertigen Eindruck wie ich finde. Über die abnehmbare schnellwechselplatte lässt sich die Kamere immer wieder schnell vom Stativ nehmen und wieder fest aufsetzen.Ich würde das Produkt jederzeit wieder kaufen.

Acquistato a colpo sicuro perché è un prodotto che conosco bene avendolo già posseduto. Il corpo è interamente in metallo con doppio movimento verticale e orizzontale gestito dall'impugnatura. Abbastanza fluido da poter essere usato anche per la videocamera. Non è leggerissimo ma è molto robusto e affidabile. La testa può ruotare di 90° per foto in verticale. La placca si innesta in una sorta di "binario" in modo che se aziono la leva di sblocco mentre la testa è ruotata, la placca si sgancia solo parzialmente... ottimo per non dover raccogliere pezzi di fotocamera da terra... l'unico grave difetto è che la levetta di sblocco della placca è in plastica: molto resistente e affidabile per anni finché il cavalletto non vi cade per terra e la levetta finisce in mille pezzi rendendo la testa completamente da buttare, come è successo a me. Ho comunque riacquistato il prodotto perché è ottimo (farò più attenzione) ma se la Velbon fornisse la levetta di ricambio, o costituisse anche quel pezzo in metallo sarebbe grandioso.

Habe schon seit längerem nach einen einfach zu bedienenden 3 Wege Schwenkkopf gesucht und jetzt endlich gefunden.Bin sehr zufrieden damit