Tripod with Pan & Tilt Head or a Shoulder Rig?

Jack Lynt

Jack Lynt

Which do you think is more important for the no-budget DSLR or camcorder shooter? If you had to choose, will the no-budget shooter get more general and all around use out of a good tripod with a pan and tilt head, or with a shoulder rig?
 
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It depends on your style, really. But there enough things you can do with a tripod to make it a worthy consideration. Such as:
-finding roughly the centre of mass of the tripod, holding it there, and using that as a stabilisation system.
-Tilting the head back and using it as a shoulder rig ttp://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4020/mg9673o.jpg
- slowly tilting the tripod on it's legs to mimic dolley/jib shots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fGmCBnD-D0

and there is also the warp stabilizer in adobe premier, if you need more stable hand held shots (and you're using your tripod as a shoulder rig/stabliser).

For my purposes, I would take a cheap tripod over a cheap shoulder rig, I think it's more versatile. But, if you are not a fan of fixed tripod shots (I know some people here hate that look), then perhaps a shoulder rig is more practical.
 
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Tripod.

You can get nice static shots but also decent-looking movement with small adjustments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpLsCq12Nw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWKYpN8Psbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu_N1fV_mUQ
 
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The 502HD is a pretty decent head, at least when talking about camcorders, DSLRs and other smaller cameras.

Just FYI, that's a head only, and doesn't come with legs, which you'll need to purchase seperately.
 
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