Independent control of pan and tilt axes gives you movement that a ball head simply can't replicate. 3 Legged Thing pan & tilt heads are designed for videographers who need smooth, controlled motion on a single axis — whether following action across a frame or executing a considered pan.

Also popular with birders, who use both axes to track birds in flight, and with wildlife photographers who prefer to lock off tilt and pan smoothly to follow subjects moving across the frame.