Manfrotto 701HDV : Specifications and Opinions

Manfrotto 701HDV

The Manfrotto 701HDV is a video head discontinued. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 150 €;

5 users have given it an average vote of 9.4 out of 10.


Type	video head
Max payload	4 kg
Material	Aluminium
Height	9 cm
Weight	0.83 kg
Quick release	yes
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Monticola

sent on 19 Aprile 2022

Pros: Robustness, fluidity cartridges unaltered after years. In a word, a guarantee of reliability over time

Cons: I do not know, perhaps the lightness of a part (the plastic cap that covers the central screw) subject to detaching and getting lost

Opinion: I have been using it for 13 years now (June 2009) in combination with 77/82mm diameter spottingscopes and it has never disappointed me, being able to say it after MANY hours spent in the field in all conditions. The movements are still very fluid: the fixed counterbalance of 1.5kg is very good for use with a spottingscope. To make a long story short: I tried and still own a Gitzo GHF2W (beautiful, perfectly fluid but, while tightening them, the two knobs do not completely block the pan/tilt movements), a Velbon FHD-71Q (traditional two-way fluid head, solid but a little too rigid, perhaps ideal for those who use heavy cameras) and so for one reason or another I returned to reassemble this old 701HDV. A great Manfrotto product that perhaps commercially did not find the fame it deserved and of which we have heard a little little, also obscured by the subsequent arrival of the MVH500AH.

Chiotti Diego

sent on 07 Giugno 2018

Pros: Softness in movements, stability.

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: I don't use it much for videos, I mounted it on a Coman monopod for in-flight photography. The monopod is much more maneuverable than the tripod. I use it with a Nikon 200-500 with d610 or d7500. I think it's a good head. Better than the ball that after a while begins to yield. Here the joint is only vertical. The actuator helps me to compensate for the weight of the tele. Cinsigliatissima as recommended the Coman monopod.

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