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garyvot wrote:
You can level any tripod and camera combination. A leveling base just makes it easier to do quickly. It's beneficial for shooting panoramas in particular, and to quickly level gimbal heads.
Edit: by "loosening a screw on your tripod collar" and "move the arm back and forth to level it" sounds like you have a tripod with a built-in leveling center column. If that's the case, then you have no need for a leveling base.
With most tripods with fixed columns and bases, you must shorten or lengthen individual legs to achieve a perfectly level base (not just camera). It's a very time consuming and frustrating process. That's the reason that leveling bases (or columns) were created....Show more →
As stated, I'm referring to a Wimberley head that is mounted directly to a Gitzo tripod with no center column. The head and tripod collar allow 360 degrees of rotation so I see no need for a leveling base. I forgot about panos as I generally use lenses that are way too small to fit on the Wimberley. I know people do use super telephotos for pano's but as I rarely do it I forgot.
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