Manfrotto Rotule Joystick 324RC2

I give this Ball Head one star for the following reasons: 1. messy - the ball head section releases grease and it gets in your hands very easy 2. grip - the Ball Head is not strong enough to keep the camera on place. Very weak grip, no good, very malo, do not buy, please, do not sell it to people. Tested with a Canon 7D + Canon 70-200 f/4 and the head keep falling forward. 3. It is heavy

While I find the product to be wonderful... The only draw back for me is this... I wish I knew how hard it was to squeeze the handle to move it and how wide the handle was.. I have tiny hands and suffer from tendinitis and I find the handle trigger just a bit to hard to squeeze to move. other than that, I cannot say anything negative about the product. Great speedy and SMOOTH delivery to Canada as always with B&H.

This is a great ballhead and is so much easier to use to position your camera without having to twist a bunch of knobs (as with a traditional ballhead) when you find the right spot. Just squeeze the grip, move your camera into the position you want, then release.

I quite like this ball head, bought to replace another Manfrotto head. It adjust quickly and easily. My only concern is that the squeeze grip is quite stiff. I wonder how long it will be before my hand strength is no longer sufficient to operate it. (I'm in my 60s and have some arthritis.)

The Manfrotto 324 head my wife has used for at least 16 years worked perfectly for portrait and wedding work. Occasionally I'd grab it to use, and she'd say "this is mine, get your own!" So I did, I've had Bogen/Manfrotto tripods since the early 90's and believe that to get quality imagery, you need quality equipment. Manfrotto equipment is built tough, to hande the extreams that photographers will use them in.