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One twist and all the surface area of those leaves will clamp together making a strong brake.

Ries Tripod Heads

Ries Single and Double Tilt Tripod Heads with their unique multi finger leaf clamping system are incredibly strong, sturdy, simple and most of all stable.  Ries Large Format  Heads are the benchmark of a stable tripod head.   Ries makes all of our own parts in our factory located in Bremerton, WA, USA.

Why?

The multi layered finger leaf articulation design contains 164 (J models) or 201 (A models) square centimeters of surface area under one knob.  A simple twist and you have a lot of brake force to hold the position.  The J200-2, J250-2, A200-2 and the A250-2 have twice the amount of leaves and are twice as strong.  See this video Ries Tripod and Head features

Tripod Head
All the leaves a fingered together at the articulation joint

What is single tilt?

Single tilt Heads only tilt along the plane of the tripods top surface, forward and back.  See A200 collage below

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Ries A200 Single Tilt Tripod Head

What is double tilt?

Double Tilt Heads tilt on the on the plane of the top surface, forward and back and tilt left and right. See J250 in collage below

Ries A250 Double Tilt Tripod Head

What is the -2 in a Head? Example:  J250-2

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Ries A250 Double Tilt Tripod Head

Leaves.  Lots of leaves.  The extra stainless steel leaves increase the brake force surface area.

Now You have been schooled….

Shop our Heads below

The “A200” Single Tilt Tripod Head

Ries A200 Single Tilt Tripod Head

Single Tilt Head for use with 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 Cameras

The “A250” Double Tilt Tripod Head

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Ries A250 Double Tilt Tripod Head

Double Tilt Head for use with 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 Cameras

The “A250-2” Double Tilt Tripod Head

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Ries A250-2 Double Tilt Tripod Head

Double Tilt Head for 8 x 10 and Larger Cameras.  The strongest head in the industry.

The “J200” Single Tilt Tripod Head

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Ries J200 Single Tilt Head

SingleTilt Head for Professional Medium Format with Leaf Style Backs, Large Format Heavy 4 x 5 to Light 8 x 10 Cameras

The “J250” Double Tilt Tripod Head

Ries J250 Double Tilt Tripod Head

Double Tilt Head for Professional Medium Format with Leaf Style Digital Backs, Large Format 4 x 5 to Light 8 x 10 Cameras

The “J250-2” Double Tilt Tripod Head

Ries J250-2 Double Tilt Tripod Head
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Ries J250-2 Tripod Head on a Ries J100-2 Rosewood Tripod

Double Tilt Heavy Duty Head for Professional Medium format with Leaf Style digital Backs and Large Format Heavy 4 x 5 to 8 x 10 Cameras

All Performances are based on Ries models manufactured after January 2014 when the Ries factory converted from cast aluminum to the current wrought 6061-T6 aluminum alloy.  Though similar in appearance to the older cast aluminum the older Ries models are not rated to the same specifications as our newer models.

Acratech GXP 3 in 1 BAll Head , Gimbal Head and Panoramic Head.

Specifically designed for the DSLR up to heavy Medium Format cameras up to 50 Pounds.