No, a ball head is not meaningless for horizontal shots.
Tilting the monopod about 15-20 degrees and leaning into it
holds the camera far steadier than with the monopod
vertical. To do that you need some kind of head.
--Tom
Stan Halpin wrote:
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> One additional variation. Instead of attaching camera to monopod, add a head
> of some sort. I use a Bogen/Manfrotto 3262QR ball head on the top of my
> monopod. For normal horizontal shots, this is meaningless, but it makes a
> huge difference if you want to shot vertical format! I can quickly loosen
> the tension on the ball, "flop" the camera over to vertical, and retighten.
> Exactness is not important as final front-to-back and side-to-side leveling
> is handled by moving the monopod. And be choosing a head with a
> quick-release rather than a direct connection to the camera, I can both
> switch among different cameras and/or just more easily move one camera on
> and off the monopod (on for photos, off for walking down the trail to the
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