Induro BH3 or Really Right Stuff BH-55 (please help me decide): I have narrowed my choices for a new ball head to use on my Gitzo full size tripod to the Induro BH3 or the RRS BH-55. I...

edellington

I have narrowed my choices for a new ball head to use on my Gitzo full size tripod to the Induro BH3 or the RRS BH-55. I am more concerned with having the best ball head than which one is more expensive.

PACSMAN Loc: MA

I only have experience with the BH-55. It's a fantastic ball head that I've been using for several years and never had an issue. Easy to adjust and works perfectly in all kinds of weather and conditions. You can't go wrong with any of the RRS products.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

edellington wrote:

I have narrowed my choices for a new ball head to use on my Gitzo full size tripod to the Induro BH3 or the RRS BH-55. I am more concerned with having the best ball head than which one is more expensive.

Both are nice heads, but the BH-55 still tops the BH3 in a many comparisons!

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Go with Really Right Stuff!

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Go with the RRS BH-55 and a lever release clamp.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Go with the RRS BH-55 and a lever release clamp.

Love it, but I'd love to compare it to the BH-40 to reduce some weight/size.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

edellington wrote:

I have narrowed my choices for a new ball head to use on my Gitzo full size tripod to the Induro BH3 or the RRS BH-55. I am more concerned with having the best ball head than which one is more expensive.

Induro may be ok. I have no experience with it. But I do have experience with RRS BH-55, Arca Swiss Z1, Markins Q20 - and can say that they are functionally similar. I would avoid the lever type lock - they only work if you use one mfgr's plates and L brackets - there are minute differences between them and most of the time the lever-style locks are not easily adjustable.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

DaveO wrote:

Love it, but I'd love to compare it to the BH-40 to reduce some weight/size.

I found that with a 70-200 lens, the BH-40 head would not support the weight of the Tamron on one end, and a Nikon D850 on the other, and started to creep.

Haydon

I'd spring for the RRS BH series. If you are interested in a one pound weight reduction look at the comparable Markins Q20.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

I found that with a 70-200 lens, the BH-40 head would not support the weight of the Tamron on one end, and a Nikon D850 on the other, and started to creep.

Thanks! I like the way the BH-55 holds the big stuff without having to crank the heck out of the set knob. I was just whining about the size and weight when I travel!

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

RRS BH-55.

Steamboat

Go with the RRS BH-55 and a lever release clamp

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

PACSMAN wrote:

I only have experience with the BH-55. It's a fantastic ball head that I've been using for several years and never had an issue. Easy to adjust and works perfectly in all kinds of weather and conditions. You can't go wrong with any of the RRS products.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

edellington wrote:

I have narrowed my choices for a new ball head to use on my Gitzo full size tripod to the Induro BH3 or the RRS BH-55. I am more concerned with having the best ball head than which one is more expensive.

I purchased the Induro BH3 a few months ago, am surprised at the quality for that price and absolutely love it. It may or may not be equal to the RRS but you would certainly not be disappointed.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

I would HIGHLY recommend the RRS product. Best money can buy, IMHO. I have the BH-40 and have plans to upgrade to the BH-55 at some point. Kind of regret not getting the bigger one first, but the BH-40 fits my plan of reducing weight, and the biggest lens I would normally use on it would be the 70-200/2.8. Best of luck.