OConnor 1030 Fluid Head
OConnor Fluid Tripod Heads are considered to be the industry standard, at least in the US for film and digital cinema. The smooth, solid feel of the movement is legendary. With stepless, infinitely variable settings for both fluid drag and counterbalance, no other manufacturer has quite duplicated the absolutely smooth, friction free feel and perfect balance of O’Connor heads.
Briefly, my theory for the reason for the ultra-smooth feel is due to the difference in O’Connor's fluid drag mechanism. Other high quality manufacturers...Sachtler, Miller, etc, use a series of fluid modules in each axis...up to 4 or 5 for the heads that have 7 or more discreet fluid drag settings. The various settings are activated (to simplify it) by pins that drop into slots to sequentially engage the drag modules. Each one of the modules has one or two O-rings to seal the fluid into the module and there is always a little friction in each o-ring...something you just can't eliminate altogether. Thus, you can have many o-rings per axis, with each adding a slight bit of friction...friction that has to be overcome when you start a move.
O’Connor is famous for their legendary "feel"...an absolutely frictionless fluid feel that allows you to perform the subtlest of moves with no hesitation or "stickiness" at the start of the move, or when changing direction. Add to that O’Connor's patented sinusoidal counterbalance system for true, accurate balance at any point in the tilt range, and you have the industry standard Fluid Head.
O’Connor 1030 heads available in 1030, 1030B and 1030S options. Read more about our packages and the included items below.
O’Connor 1030 - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030B - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030S - Tilt Range: 60 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 41 lbs
OConnor Fluid Tripod Heads are considered to be the industry standard, at least in the US for film and digital cinema. The smooth, solid feel of the movement is legendary. With stepless, infinitely variable settings for both fluid drag and counterbalance, no other manufacturer has quite duplicated the absolutely smooth, friction free feel and perfect balance of O’Connor heads.
Briefly, my theory for the reason for the ultra-smooth feel is due to the difference in O’Connor's fluid drag mechanism. Other high quality manufacturers...Sachtler, Miller, etc, use a series of fluid modules in each axis...up to 4 or 5 for the heads that have 7 or more discreet fluid drag settings. The various settings are activated (to simplify it) by pins that drop into slots to sequentially engage the drag modules. Each one of the modules has one or two O-rings to seal the fluid into the module and there is always a little friction in each o-ring...something you just can't eliminate altogether. Thus, you can have many o-rings per axis, with each adding a slight bit of friction...friction that has to be overcome when you start a move.
O’Connor is famous for their legendary "feel"...an absolutely frictionless fluid feel that allows you to perform the subtlest of moves with no hesitation or "stickiness" at the start of the move, or when changing direction. Add to that O’Connor's patented sinusoidal counterbalance system for true, accurate balance at any point in the tilt range, and you have the industry standard Fluid Head.
O’Connor 1030 heads available in 1030, 1030B and 1030S options. Read more about our packages and the included items below.
O’Connor 1030 - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030B - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030S - Tilt Range: 60 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 41 lbs
OConnor Fluid Tripod Heads are considered to be the industry standard, at least in the US for film and digital cinema. The smooth, solid feel of the movement is legendary. With stepless, infinitely variable settings for both fluid drag and counterbalance, no other manufacturer has quite duplicated the absolutely smooth, friction free feel and perfect balance of O’Connor heads.
Briefly, my theory for the reason for the ultra-smooth feel is due to the difference in O’Connor's fluid drag mechanism. Other high quality manufacturers...Sachtler, Miller, etc, use a series of fluid modules in each axis...up to 4 or 5 for the heads that have 7 or more discreet fluid drag settings. The various settings are activated (to simplify it) by pins that drop into slots to sequentially engage the drag modules. Each one of the modules has one or two O-rings to seal the fluid into the module and there is always a little friction in each o-ring...something you just can't eliminate altogether. Thus, you can have many o-rings per axis, with each adding a slight bit of friction...friction that has to be overcome when you start a move.
O’Connor is famous for their legendary "feel"...an absolutely frictionless fluid feel that allows you to perform the subtlest of moves with no hesitation or "stickiness" at the start of the move, or when changing direction. Add to that O’Connor's patented sinusoidal counterbalance system for true, accurate balance at any point in the tilt range, and you have the industry standard Fluid Head.
O’Connor 1030 heads available in 1030, 1030B and 1030S options. Read more about our packages and the included items below.
O’Connor 1030 - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030B - Tilt Range: 90 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 30 lbs
O’Connor 1030S - Tilt Range: 60 Degrees / Weight Capacity: 41 lbs