Benro 3-Way Geared Head (GD3WH)

Perfect head for real estate photography. Bought 6 of them to date for all my photographers. Well worth the price.

I purchased this for real estate photography and it’s excellent. The adjustments are precise and it feels very solid. I previously had a Manfrotto geared head and I like this better. My only complaint is tightening the mounting plate is a bit odd because it’s tight under the camera, otherwise you mount the camera backwards, but not a big deal at all. Very happy with my purchase.

Purchased for real estate photography. Huge improvement for setting camera for pics. How did we live without this before. Wow. So easy to adjust.

This mount is awesome! I can use my Nikon P1000 to lock onto planets and get steady shots. With my other mounts it’s way too hard to fine adjust at full zoom and have the target still on the screen. I’ve gotten lots of astrophotography shots once I got this mount, before that the moon and sun were the only sky shots I could get. Got the blood moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and plenty of other space targets. The pictures I’m sharing are shot with only a Nikon Camera, no scope. Jupiter required a steady 30 second video to stack frames from and this mount held nice n steady. Any other mounts would have been shaky and not as centered

Solid very well-constructed geared head! The quick-release mechanism is a little hard to use, but the tradeoff is a solid head with no play at all.

My other ‘older’ geared head is a Manafrotto head, which has proved to loosen internally over times, several times even after being fixed by the manufacturer. So instead of paying a nearly new price to have it repaired yet again, I thought I’d give Benro geared head a try. It is solidly made with good materials and is lighter than the Manafrotto head, but solid just the same. The knobs work fine for quick or small adjustments so there isn’t a problem there. However, there are two challenges with this head, which lowered my rating. 1) The bubble in the level on top is so small compared to the circle used to center it, that it is difficult to be dead on accurate. Even just a small tweak, depending on just your own eye to make a judgement on whether it is completely accurately centered can be off. It would have been SO EASY to make the bubble bigger so that it would be quite easy to exactly center the bubble within the circle. 2) The attachment screw on the underside of the plate, which is attached to the camera body works loose. THIS IS SERIOUS! Unless I notice that the camera is starting to wiggle, I’m afraid that my $5000 combination Canon 5DMII / 17mm TS lens will fall off. I shoot 3 homes per day and typically every morning when starting, I have to retighten the screw. I’d use something like Lock Tight on the threads, but then I’d have trouble removing it. Update: I’ve been using this head now for a long time, usually 5 days a week. Once I learned that hand tightening wasn’t enough, I use a screw driver or a tool with a flat edge to tighten the mounting screw. Now it only needs retightening about every 1 to 2 weeks. Upgraded the rating from 3 to 4 stars.

When I need stability, balance and just the right angle I use the Benro 3-Way Geared Head. This is a beast on my tripod and is more than easy to get the perfect shot. My photography demands I have the correct angle and right tilt and Benro has made this task so easy for me. I do Real Estate Photography and I take pride in having my vertices and horizontals perfect. I highly recommend the Benro 3-Way Geared Head.

Just What i needed for landscape and macro photos. The ballhead will not cut it.

heb deze besteld en vond het ene grote teleurstelling als ik het wilde monteren .. namelijk de schroefdraad om hem te bevestigen op het statief was beschadigd .... kon hem niet meer terugsturen daar ik eerst nog van mijn ander statiefkop gebruik gemaakt heb maar die het nu begeven heeft .... en is meer dan een maand geleden ... tsja . zeker niet tevreden ... ook al is het van Benro ...

Endlich habe ich gefunden, was ich dringend brauchte. Meine nikon coolpix p950 einen sehr großen Zoom, wenn ich den ausfahre , kann der Kugelkopf und auch nicht der Videoneiger das Ziel im Bild festhalten, immer verschwindet das Ziel. Mit diesen Getriebekopf ist es kein Problem mehr . Ich kann mein Ziel vernünftig im Bild halten und ganz genau einstellen. Wenn ich das getan habe und die Kamera loslasse ,simsalabim. ist mein Ziel immer noch dort wo ich es eingestellt habe. Dann nehme ich meine Fernbedienung und kann wackelfrei abdrücken. So macht die Knipse richtig Spaß. Die Bedienung ist sehr einfach . Preis/ Leistung super. Die Qualität des Materials finde ich sehr gut . Außerdem ist der Kopf nicht so groß wie ich dachte. Auf den Bildern sieht er viel größer aus finde ich . Ich habe etwas geübt , die Kamera auf und ab zu machen, jetzt klappt es gut. Ich bin voll begeistert von diesem Getriebeneiger. Selbst Video Schwenks funktionieren besser als ich dachte. Klasse Teil 👍

I really like how there is plenty of attention to detail but the whole thing is a lot bigger than k expected. That means it’s really stable but also not ideal for travel.

A very good product.

The kit weighs 7 kg and is used to take shots at odd angles - birds to the moon. Most mounting heads wobble, wiggle, or slip making longer exposures impossible. The Benro is fantastic. Solid. Well designed with a smooth gear function and clutch release for manual rotation. A delightful piece of engineering and ever so competent.