Cartoni Maxima 5.0 Fluid Head (HM5000)

The Cartoni Maxima 5.0 is a fluid head from Cartoni's Maxima series, built around the company's fluid-drag counterbalance system. It carries up to 57 kg (126 lbs) and mounts on a flat base.

The head itself weighs 13 kg (29 lbs). Cartoni backs the Maxima line with a five-year warranty and its own line of pan bars, plates, and counterweights sized for this head.