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SKU: LIB-H45

Libec 75mm ball and flat base video head with a PH-6B, payload 12kg

R 48,024.00
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The Libec H45 Professional Fluid Head paired with the Libec PH-6B Extendable Pan Handle. This specific setup is a seventy-five millimeter dual-base fluid head designed to support mid-sized digital cinema rigs, fully accessorized large-sensor cameras, and compact shoulder-mounted broadcast configurations.

Core Engineering & Performance Design

1. Universal Dual-Base Interface

The standout feature of the H45 is its integrated dual-head base design. The bottom of the head features a seventy-five millimeter half-ball shape that drops directly into standard video tripod bowls. However, it also features a completely flat machined bottom surface with a standard three-eighths inch sixteen mounting thread. This dual profile allows an operator to move the head off its tripod legs and mount it directly onto flat-base production gear like camera sliders, skater dollies, or cranes without needing separate conversion adapters.

2. Perfect Continuous Counterbalance

Unlike budget fluid heads that rely on fixed, stepped counterbalance settings, the H45 utilizes a continuous internal spring mechanism. This design provides precise tuning for payloads up to twenty-six point five pounds or twelve kilograms. An illuminated zero-to-one-hundred scale meter on the back allows you to instantly track the tension setting, making it easy to return to a recorded value when swapping back to a previously balanced lens configuration. Once balanced, the camera stays completely stationary at any tilt angle without creeping or snapping back when you let go of the handle.

3. Advanced Multilayered Drag Control

The panning and tilting drag systems are built from layered metal modules coated in specialized silicon grease, providing smooth starts and preventing physical backtracking or play. The head offers four distinct settings, which are zero free mode plus three selectable levels of progressive fluid torque resistance. This allows you to scale the friction to match the speed of your track or the focal length of your lens, performing smoothly across a wide temperature range from negative forty degrees to positive one hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit.

4. Telescopic Command with the PH-6B

The included Libec PH-6B is a premium telescopic pan handle that upgrades the operating interface. It features an ergonomic rubber handle grip over a rigid aluminum shaft. By loosening its mechanical compression collar, you can adjust the physical handle length anywhere from eleven point six inches to nineteen point seven inches. Extending the handle provides greater leverage, which is highly beneficial for executing slow, high-precision panning arcs with heavy twelve-kilogram camera rigs.

System Technical Specifications Matrix:

Performance Parameter Libec H45 Head with PH-6B Specifications
Official Hardware SKU Libec H45 (Head Only)
Maximum System Payload Capacity Twenty-six point five pounds or twelve kilograms
Counterbalance Tuning Window Nine point nine to twenty-three point one pounds or four point five to ten point five kilograms
Pan and Tilt Torque Profiles Zero Free setting plus three steps of mechanical fluid drag
Vertical Tilt Angle Limits Positive ninety degrees to negative seventy degrees
Base Attachment Standard Seventy-five millimeter Half Ball and Threaded Flat Base combined
Camera Sliding Plate Style One-touch sideload mechanism compatible with Manfrotto and Sachtler systems
Telescopic Handle Range (PH-6B) Eleven point six inches to nineteen point seven inches
Total Head Net Weight Six point two pounds or two point eight kilograms

Operational System Tips for the H45 and PH-6B Combo:

💡 Isolating Rig Weight via Base Sockets: The lower stationary casting of the H45 head features dedicated one-quarter inch twenty and three-eighths inch sixteen female accessory threads. When mounting heavy directors' monitors, audio receivers, or wireless video transmitters, bolt your articulating magic arms directly into these base holes instead of attaching them to your camera's top cage. Because these base holes remain completely stationary, the weight of your accessories will not alter the camera's center of gravity or throw off your finely tuned counterbalance settings during vertical tilts.

  • Calibrating the Leverage Point: When working with a maximum twelve-kilogram payload near the limit of the head's weight capacity, extend your PH-6B pan handle out to its maximum nineteen-inch length. Increasing the physical distance between your hand and the pivot column changes the lever mechanics, reducing the physical muscle effort required to initiate or stop heavy panning moves.

Libec

Libec 75mm ball and flat base video head with a PH-6B, payload 12kg

R 48,024.00

The Libec H45 Professional Fluid Head paired with the Libec PH-6B Extendable Pan Handle. This specific setup is a seventy-five millimeter dual-base fluid head designed to support mid-sized digital cinema rigs, fully accessorized large-sensor cameras, and compact shoulder-mounted broadcast configurations.

Core Engineering & Performance Design

1. Universal Dual-Base Interface

The standout feature of the H45 is its integrated dual-head base design. The bottom of the head features a seventy-five millimeter half-ball shape that drops directly into standard video tripod bowls. However, it also features a completely flat machined bottom surface with a standard three-eighths inch sixteen mounting thread. This dual profile allows an operator to move the head off its tripod legs and mount it directly onto flat-base production gear like camera sliders, skater dollies, or cranes without needing separate conversion adapters.

2. Perfect Continuous Counterbalance

Unlike budget fluid heads that rely on fixed, stepped counterbalance settings, the H45 utilizes a continuous internal spring mechanism. This design provides precise tuning for payloads up to twenty-six point five pounds or twelve kilograms. An illuminated zero-to-one-hundred scale meter on the back allows you to instantly track the tension setting, making it easy to return to a recorded value when swapping back to a previously balanced lens configuration. Once balanced, the camera stays completely stationary at any tilt angle without creeping or snapping back when you let go of the handle.

3. Advanced Multilayered Drag Control

The panning and tilting drag systems are built from layered metal modules coated in specialized silicon grease, providing smooth starts and preventing physical backtracking or play. The head offers four distinct settings, which are zero free mode plus three selectable levels of progressive fluid torque resistance. This allows you to scale the friction to match the speed of your track or the focal length of your lens, performing smoothly across a wide temperature range from negative forty degrees to positive one hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit.

4. Telescopic Command with the PH-6B

The included Libec PH-6B is a premium telescopic pan handle that upgrades the operating interface. It features an ergonomic rubber handle grip over a rigid aluminum shaft. By loosening its mechanical compression collar, you can adjust the physical handle length anywhere from eleven point six inches to nineteen point seven inches. Extending the handle provides greater leverage, which is highly beneficial for executing slow, high-precision panning arcs with heavy twelve-kilogram camera rigs.

System Technical Specifications Matrix:

Performance Parameter Libec H45 Head with PH-6B Specifications
Official Hardware SKU Libec H45 (Head Only)
Maximum System Payload Capacity Twenty-six point five pounds or twelve kilograms
Counterbalance Tuning Window Nine point nine to twenty-three point one pounds or four point five to ten point five kilograms
Pan and Tilt Torque Profiles Zero Free setting plus three steps of mechanical fluid drag
Vertical Tilt Angle Limits Positive ninety degrees to negative seventy degrees
Base Attachment Standard Seventy-five millimeter Half Ball and Threaded Flat Base combined
Camera Sliding Plate Style One-touch sideload mechanism compatible with Manfrotto and Sachtler systems
Telescopic Handle Range (PH-6B) Eleven point six inches to nineteen point seven inches
Total Head Net Weight Six point two pounds or two point eight kilograms

Operational System Tips for the H45 and PH-6B Combo:

💡 Isolating Rig Weight via Base Sockets: The lower stationary casting of the H45 head features dedicated one-quarter inch twenty and three-eighths inch sixteen female accessory threads. When mounting heavy directors' monitors, audio receivers, or wireless video transmitters, bolt your articulating magic arms directly into these base holes instead of attaching them to your camera's top cage. Because these base holes remain completely stationary, the weight of your accessories will not alter the camera's center of gravity or throw off your finely tuned counterbalance settings during vertical tilts.

  • Calibrating the Leverage Point: When working with a maximum twelve-kilogram payload near the limit of the head's weight capacity, extend your PH-6B pan handle out to its maximum nineteen-inch length. Increasing the physical distance between your hand and the pivot column changes the lever mechanics, reducing the physical muscle effort required to initiate or stop heavy panning moves.

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