If you can keep a level head when all about you are losing theirs, you might just get a winning shot. And leveling is really what the VEO BH-250S ball head is all about. Naturally, any ball head makes leveling up fairly easy, even on tricky terrain where it can be a time-consuming chore to level the tripod legs on which the head is mounted, by monkeying around with individual leg section extension lengths. But if the tripod legs aren’t leveled, things go askew if you start panning, which we’ll come to later. That’s where the ‘dual axis’ nature of this specialized ball head comes into its own, enabling it to jostle for a position in the best ball heads for tripods hall of fame.
The other ‘big’ thing about the head is that it has a really hefty 25kg maximum load rating. As such, it pairs well with the similarly mighty Vanguard VEO 3+ 303CBS tripod, for which the head is included as a complete kit. It’s also the perfect add-on for shooting stills with the similarly strong Vanguard Alta Pro 3VRL 303CV 18 video tripod, thanks to the quick-release nature of this kit's video head and the facility to pop the ball head onto the tripod in its place.
