Thanks Phil,
v-sound advice (the 5 second rule especially, which I was not aware of). To me, the idea that you are not meant to ‘whip pan’ meant anything slower than a whip should be fine, but I am beginning to see the picture when switching from digi to DSLR..
Clip 3 should be smooth as you like, that stutter is on the clip before I uploaded it, this is the only confusion I now face – as I have said, my tripod is really smooth, I’d be amazed if it is that which is causing that stutter… I will do more tests..
Anyway.. Thanks one and all for the advice, it is much appreciated.
Adam