Hi Chris,
I’m using two tripods and a monopod.
The Gitzo is a Systematic Series 3 called a G1325 Mk. 2. It hasn’t been made in at least a decade, but mine is going strong. It’s only three sections and shorter than yours. I can use it with a leveling base and a flat base video head, or with a 75mm bowl and standard fluid head.
I’m also using a Ries J100 and J250 head. The J250 head provides a leveling function. As a child of the carbon fiber era, I used to think that wooden tripods were for Ansel Adam wannabes. Then a friend lent me a Ries for a day and I was hooked. I have yet to see video tripod legs that I think would do a better job, and the weight is in fact not far off alternatives. The issue is that the video head options are either a flat base video head or a bowl adapter. This is the Ries site for anyone interested:
https://www.riestripod.com/As you know, I’m using a Pocket 4K and a Fujinon MK 18mm-55mm lens. The use of a Sachtler Ace Base Plate has fully addressed the balance issue that this combination creates. I can now mount the camera and lens even on a monopod and have no need to fiddle with the position of a plate to achieve balance. Indeed, I can mount the camera/lens directly on my monopod, with no video head, and it balances nicely.
The Manfrotto MVH500AH flat base video head that I have weighs 980g (2lbs). The weight of available 75mm video heads is something I’ll be paying close attention to when I check out these heads later this week. It’s going to be a question of weight vs whatever benefit there is over the MVH500AH on the camera movements of pan and tilt.
Even for still photography, I commonly mount a camera directly on the Gitzo with leveling base, no head at all, and the Ries head is a unique design that is similar to a leveling base. I am not a fan of tripod heads in the first place - I haven’t used a ball head in years - and I’m not looking to complicate my life or add weight unless there’s a very clear benefit :)