MANFROTTO

Advanced 494 Center Ball Head camera stand

Calling all amateur photographers: it’s time to take your camera snapping up a notch. What better way to create professional-looking images than with the Advanced 494 Center Ball Head camera stand from Manfrotto? Enabling fast and precise positioning, the nifty accessory is made from lightweight aluminium and features three independent controls that manage the sphere lock and adjusting the ball tension. Now it’s time to decide on your location.

It is the perfect solution for all kinds of mirrorless cameras with zoom lenses and even medium-format DSLRs. This advanced ball head combines practicality with high functionality and features three independent controls: a main knob for managing the sphere lock, an integrated friction control knob that adjusts the ball tension so that equipment weight is always perfectly balanced and shots framed effortlessly; an independent panoramic knob that keeps the horizon flat and moves the camera horizontally, enabling astonishing landscape shots.

The 494 Center ball head mounts a unique plate that makes it fully compatible with the world’s most widespread standard camera plates: Manfrotto RC2 and Arca-swiss style. With this aluminium plate fixed to the camera, all Manfrotto heads and almost all tripod heads on the market featuring Arca-style attachments can be set up rapidly and effortlessly, with no need for disassembly components.

The 494 Center ball head’s design make it both extremely easy to set up and reliable to use in any configuration.