I always wonder why photographers talk about fast ballheads etc when discussing landscape photography. What am I missing here since the enjoyment for me of landscape photography is slowing life down? This was another reason I went into technical camera use.
I think that is related to the approach, how to make your own pictures.
I almost only do product photography and a few landscape pictures. But I always plan everything carefully in advance. That's why I'm (almost) never in need of time a camera very, very fast to align.
On the other hand, it has happened to me already - that I suddenly turned the car into a field, because what I just saw, had to take pictures. In the most rare cases, I then have the view camera when something like this happens. But I always have a tripod with a gearheads in the backseat and I've always had the time to do it all (even if it had to be done quickly).
The counterexample would be a setup where I waste a lot of unnecessary time and nerves because the tripod, center column and gearheads can only be roughly aligned (more try and error).
Greeting Gerd