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The Acratech GXP tripod head with lever clamp is making my life a lot easier now. The construction is solid and well designed, the knobs are easy to use, the positioning of the level on the head is in a position where the camera body does not block the sight of the level (in either positions using my L-bracket). The lever clamp is easy to use and have no concerns about my camera being locked into position in the head. The tripod head was easy to install on my existing tripod legs. Well done!

This company and their products are how American Made Products are supposed to be made - properly designed, well-machined, and built to last. I am happy I can support a company like Acratech. Scott & Patty are accessible & have a wealth of photography knowledge to share. It’s apparent from the level of precision & craftsmanship that go in to these products that the entire company is focused on being among the best. “Buy cheap, buy twice” (ask me how I know) Spend the $$ and buy Acratech, you will be glad that you did.

Great product, well made!

I recently purchased the Acratech Leveling Base to be used with my Acratech GPX Ball-head with lever clamp. The combination of the two products are the best purchases I have made. Great engineering and ease of use has made capturing images a better experience.

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Good prompt service. The product itself was ok but not as good as its hype (as one would expect)

Two weeks have passed since I received my GP Ball head with lever clamp and one week for 5" lens plate. With 5" lens plate, I started o set up Nikon 70-200 telephoto zoom and TC-17 EII teleconverter to take Landscape and several bird/s picture. Bird picture is new category for me with tis GP Ball head with gimbal feature. During two weeks experimental practice, I have been working for routine setup and process. This is very important for trained efficiency . I dropped whole system from clamp system which broke lens food. I was lucky that I dropped it on floor carpet, not outdoor. Damage to food was minor one, need bond repairing and D850 and telephoto lens are all OK. I still need to work on Clamp lever, Main Control knob and Tension knob for best routine and tightness. Need to confirm for each step as you work on it. I also found some loose condition when you shake the system after I have tighten the system. I also found that ball slide has some tendency on direction, but it might be a margnal and not a serious one. A gimbal worked very well and easy to find to measure the balance center for free move with 5" lens plate. Only suggestion to report is to add scale dot or line to plate so that you can control the position on clamp system. (I put several dot/s to the plate by marker for each lens to indicate the best weight balance) I am enjoying it very much taking picture of bird/s visiting water fountain at backyard of my house. After all these trial, I will go out to take outdoor scenery and wild life. This Ball Head is a big fun!

I bought a panoramic tripod head. While I haven’t had many opportunities to use it yet, I’ve played around with it a fair bit and am very satisfied so far. All the motions are smooth, the knobs are easy to use, and it seems very well made. I also really like the way the base’s angle indicator works. Originally I thought mine was defective as the disc the mark you line up the degree markers with spun freely, but then I realized that must’ve been intentional and is, in fact, quite helpful. It means you can have the marker visible regardless of the orientation of everything, and it doesn’t rotate with the rest of the head, so it’s still just as accurate. If I had to nitpick, I think the bubble level is a *hair* off (it leans to one side regardless of the orientation of the head when on level ground). However, I can’t imagine this will make any perceptible difference in the real world as it’s doubtful I’d be able to get my leveling base 100% perfectly level anyways. Certainly miles better than trying to use a ball head and keeping it level throughout a pano. One other thing I didn’t like was the detent pin, which prevents your camera from sliding off if you accidentally loosen the clamp. This is not a fault in the product by any means, just a feature I personally didn’t find helpful. They were willing to remove it for me if I wanted, but I opted to just glue it in place and call it day. Their support reps were quick to reply and actually seemed interested in being helpful rather than just reading a script like most companies.