Sunday, 15 October 2017

equipment recommendation - Is the screw for attaching tripod heads to tripods standardized?


I was gifted a tripod creatively named: PT-TPM665-C


I am quite happy with it but the head can be frustrating to work with. It feels more geared towards videography rather than photography and needs some fighting to get into desired angle. I am thinking a ball-head will be great upgrade for it.


The problem is, I am a noobie and have no knowlage of different tripod mounting systems. From what I can tell it's a 1/4"ish screw.


Is it a standard size? Does this mount size have a name?


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