Nine posts up, I raised the question of what the difference is between Miller’s CX2 and CX6 fluid heads, besides the fact that the CX6 has a significantly larger load capacity for an extra US$230.
Today, I came across a video on YouTube in which a Miller employee, while being interviewed at a trade show, says in passing that the company made the pan and tilt drag “lighter” on the CX2 compared to the higher capacity heads in the CX series. He says that Miller did this in response to customer feedback on previous heads.
This begs the question of what the difference is in drag, if any, between the CX2 and the CX6. Both have three drag settings plus zero. Starting with the CX8, which has the same load capacity as the CX6, there are five drag settings plus zero. However, at least I now know one avenue to go down when I visit B&H this Sunday. Other videos on YouTube about the CX heads, including one by ProAV TV using a Sony FS5 MK2, the body of which weighs less than a Pocket 4K, don’t even mention drag as a potential differentiator in these heads.
If it turns out that the only substantive difference between the CX2 and CX6 is the greater load capacity of the CX6, it’s unclear to me what the case is, in this price category, for purchasing a CX2. Interestingly, both Adorama and B&H have the CX6 in stock, but at Adorama the CX2 is “special order/shipped by the manufacturer” and at B&H it’s on “backorder”. My experience with B&H suggests that “backorder” in this case means that the CX2 is in stock intermittently and that, between the two, B&H mostly sells the CX6.
Today, I came across a video on YouTube in which a Miller employee, while being interviewed at a trade show, says in passing that the company made the pan and tilt drag “lighter” on the CX2 compared to the higher capacity heads in the CX series. He says that Miller did this in response to customer feedback on previous heads.
This begs the question of what the difference is in drag, if any, between the CX2 and the CX6. Both have three drag settings plus zero. Starting with the CX8, which has the same load capacity as the CX6, there are five drag settings plus zero. However, at least I now know one avenue to go down when I visit B&H this Sunday. Other videos on YouTube about the CX heads, including one by ProAV TV using a Sony FS5 MK2, the body of which weighs less than a Pocket 4K, don’t even mention drag as a potential differentiator in these heads.
If it turns out that the only substantive difference between the CX2 and CX6 is the greater load capacity of the CX6, it’s unclear to me what the case is, in this price category, for purchasing a CX2. Interestingly, both Adorama and B&H have the CX6 in stock, but at Adorama the CX2 is “special order/shipped by the manufacturer” and at B&H it’s on “backorder”. My experience with B&H suggests that “backorder” in this case means that the CX2 is in stock intermittently and that, between the two, B&H mostly sells the CX6.
Video Cameras: iPhone, Pocket 4K
Microphones: Schoeps, DPA
Audio Recorder: Sound Devices
Monitor: Eizo | Computers: Mac Studio, iPad Pro
Microphones: Schoeps, DPA
Audio Recorder: Sound Devices
Monitor: Eizo | Computers: Mac Studio, iPad Pro