Review on 📷 SUNWAYFOTO FB-44iii 44mm Tripod Ball Head - Arca Compatible | Sunway by Carta Gutierrez

Have used this as my main ball head, almost permanently mounted on my tripod. I either mount my DSLR directly onto the ball head or mount a 31" camera slide with flywheel on top of it. The combined weight of the slider + camera is about 11 pounds. Rated at 66 pounds, this thing can handle a full extension slider on the flywheel side - basically this equates to about 8 pounds at the end of a 15" ball-end lever. This requires the main locking knob to be tightened fairly firmly, and its texture and relative thinness make it a little difficult to grip, but I can hand-tighten it just enough to getting all the weight off the center and it wins. don't budge. And that's what I wanted. The pivoting is a bit lackluster and doesn't allow for much latitude for friction adjustment. I can't lock it 100%, but it can tight enough to be virtually immobile - you have to push really, really hard to move it in that state, and I lift weights regularly , so I'm not at all case is not weak. On the other end of the tightness spectrum, you don't want to get particularly loose. It's still fairly firm even with the swivel knob fully loosened, but not enough to cause any problems. The Arca-Swiss clamp works well, as does any clamp with a locking knob. The level on the clip is useless and does not appear to have a flat surface for the bubble to rest on - the bubble cannot be centered because the center of the level is not level. Maybe I just have a manufacturing defect, in any case it doesn't matter much. Yes, and their mention of a separate "friction grip" is poorly labeled. It's not a friction knob like other ball heads where you can tighten the smaller one to keep friction on the ball to a minimum so your rig doesn't tip over once the main locking knob is released. This one doesn't. This is a separate knob/screw just off the main latch knob that dictates how far you can loosen the main knob. In practice this is the same idea as a separate friction knob - setting a minimum friction level for the ball head - but achieved in a different way. Rather than having a separate knob to set the minimum friction, it simply stops the main knob at a point that you have to manually adjust to the correct friction level for your particular setup. I can't see the elliptical sphere effect. and progressive resistance compared to a standard ball head. According to the description, the Y-axis is 0.03 mm longer than the X-axis, which is 0.07%. Sorry, that's not enough to make a noticeable impact in the real world. Anyway, I didn't get it for this feature, so no big deal. Overall: Built like a tank, extremely strong and able to handle a lot of off-centre weight, although the main lock knob could use a better grip design and also be a bit deeper for easier tightening/loosening. Also, it's definitely not lightweight. I wouldn't want to put it on a tripod for hiking.