The SBH-280E is an all-metal easy-to-use ball head with one knob operation that can handle up to 15 lbs. of camera equipment The SBH-280E also has dual access bubble levels for perfect leveling of the camera no matter the position of the tripod it is attached to. It also has an industry standard 3/8 tripod mount screw plus a quarter-20 reducer to attach to a wide variety of tripods from SLIK and other manufacturers. See Specifications for a list of recommended SLIK tripods." The SBH-280E also has the same mount, the same lock, the same ball mechanism at the professional SBH-280, but uses a quick release plate that is used by several other tripods and heads in the Slik line . The easy to use all-metal quick release system makes mounting the camera fast and simple with a rectangular plate that locks the camera securely on the ball head.