Chinese Copy of Sinar Pan-Tilt Heads

**John Layton** · 10-Dec-2016, 04:24

While this product may indeed be a knockoff - nowhere on the *bay posting do I see it listed as a "Sinar" product, or "Made by Sinar." I just see it listed as "Pan-Tilt Head Made For Sinar Camera." Having said this, I still see this listing as a (somewhat) clever/obfuscatory "work around" by the Chinese manufacturer.

**Luis-F-S** · 10-Dec-2016, 17:55

So if anyone buys one of these, can you post if they're any good or not? I'll just keep my used Sinar Pan-Tilt head but it's nice to know some has taken an interest in making a copy. Hopefully, it will be decent. Not that I like knock-offs, but if the original is no longer available......now if someone would just produce some of the Deardorff parts we can no longer get.................

**dpn** · 10-Dec-2016, 21:51

If the price were comparable, I'd give one a shot. I'm still hunting for a reasonably priced genuine article.

**Daniel Unkefer** · 11-Dec-2016, 07:50

Well
It looks good (all of his products do!) Has some cool stuff!
But
Will it hold up well under typical heavy use?

For that kind of money you can buy the real deal

**dpn** · 5-Jan-2017, 15:34

Originally Posted by John Layton

While this product may indeed be a knockoff - nowhere on the *bay posting do I see it listed as a "Sinar" product, or "Made by Sinar." I just see it listed as "Pan-Tilt Head Made For Sinar Camera." Having said this, I still see this listing as a (somewhat) clever/obfuscatory "work around" by the Chinese manufacturer.

They changed their listing -- it used to be listed as a "Sinar" brand.

I'm getting more and more tempted to buy one or an alternative head, since I've had a hard time finding the genuine article.