This Tripod Head Has WHAT Inside It?? (Manfrotto Nitrotech 612) 

It's just a sticker, who cares

Yeah that was really getting to my OCD 😀

It's a testament to the manufacturer's care to detail and quality control. If they can't be bothered to notice glaringly obvious flaws like this, I wouldn't be very confident in their product as a whole. Especially in a product of this caliber and price point, from a manufacturer of this level. Stickers are meant to be cosmetic, but in this case it's subtracting from the look.

@@ccmangb ya truly, the art of putting on a sticker straight, if ya can't do that, ya can definitely make anything. Do you even hear yourself?

@@8lec_R Do you hear yourself? How hard is it to put on a sticker straight? How much are you paying for this tripod? How hard is it to qc something obvious like this? If it were a $30 tripod from China, nobody would bat an eye. If your new car came with its front badge obviously skewed, would you still say it's just a logo?

Mine makes that noise. To me it sound like the fluid or grease.

I have the previous version of this Manfrotto Nitrotech Video Head in the version till 8 kg. The counterbalance is always 'on' but it can be set from no counterbalance till the maximum counterbalance weight, for the 608. But you also have a movement resistance in this fluid head, which stands apart from the counter balance. You have movement resistance in the pan direction and in the tilt direction. For the tilt direction it is the big large knob at the left side of the fluid head. If you have the counterbalance set to practically zero but your movement resistance for your tilt axis to very much you will be able to still make very smooth movements in the tilt axis. But with a heavier setup you can get more chance that the fluid head slips through its position if you let go of the extension arm and your camera is positioned upwards or downwards. Although your counterbalance is set to none, you are always able to lock the video head in any position without it changing its position despite of the lack of counterbalance. If you want professional videos with movement on a tripod this Manfrotto Nitrotech is a no brainer. You just need to have it. It has no competitors in this price range. But for a good choice : be aware of what type of setup you are going to use with it. If you are sure that you are never going to exceed the 8 kg it is MUCH BETTER to choose for the NItrotech 608 than for the 612 because the counterbalance from the 608 starts working from a load of 0 up till 8kg. The counterbalance of the 612 starts to work only from 4 kg up till 12 kg. So any setup of under 4 kg will make your video head creep, or even flip, up again to its horizontal position when you have low resistance drag on the movement of the tilt axis selected. The Nitrotech 608 is also a little cheaper than the 612. The biggest advantage of this system is that you can start a tilt movement in any direction slow it down to zero in any position and then let go of the handle without the camera position moving any further. It is such a delight to work with and you feel yourself like a full-grown pro when using this piece of technology.

Manfrotto also have the smaller version MVH608AH.

Same thing happened to me

Thank you!

Teris V18