Gimbal heads ???????

[Harv]

This is the thread where you guys can post all those comments you would like to make on gimbal heads you have owned or tried.

Okay. Okay. I'm picking your brains here.

I would really like to hear about your experiences with gambal heads.

Thanks,
Harv

[Keith]

I currently have the full wimberley II for my 600mm , luv it. But functionality, and if your talk your 300mm upwards of a 500mm, hands down I would go back to a b-1 ballhead and a wimberley sidekick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kevin might be willing to part with his rolleyes; ;) Flexibility and functionally it is awesome set up!


This is the thread where you guys can post all those comments you would like to make on gimbal heads you have owned or tried.

Okay. Okay. I'm picking your brains here.

I would really like to hear about your experiences with gambal heads.

Thanks,
Harv

[Harv]

I have the B-1 ballhead and was looking at the Wimberley Sidekick. Hmmmmmm....... Oh, Kevinnnnnnnnn. Where are you?

Thanks, Keith.

[dmwphoto]

I started with a Kirk King cobra and found that I had issues cenerting the rig over the center of the tripod. I now have the Wimberly II (full) and find it a real joy to use with my 500mm.
I have never used a sidekick so no comments regarding that.
Dave

[Harv]

I started with a Kirk King cobra and found that I had issues cenerting the rig over the center of the tripod. I now have the Wimberly II (full) and find it a real joy to use with my 500mm.
I have never used a sidekick so no comments regarding that.
Dave

Thanks, Dave. It does speak well of Wimberley however.

[Desert Rat]

Well Harv,
I gots the BH-1 and Sidekick and use it quite a bit.. even on a monopod with my 200-400 lens.. To me it works great.. Compact and easy to setup and take down..
Anywyas you can easily switch from the big tele lens to a shaort landscape lens and just take off the sidekick and pocket it..

BTW if you want to try it out go directly through Wimberley.. They offer a 60 day trial on any of their gear... That means they will not charge you for the gear until the 60 days are up.. i.e. test it out and decided if you want to keep it and then call them and pay for it...

Sounds easy???

[imageswest]

I would highly recommend the Wimberley Sidekick for that little 300, Harv! :D

[Keith]

you can get discounts directly from Wimberley for used or seconds................havent paid full price yet for all my wimberley stuff :D

Well Harv,
I gots the BH-1 and Sidekick and use it quite a bit.. even on a monopod with my 200-400 lens.. To me it works great.. Compact and easy to setup and take down..
Anywyas you can easily switch from the big tele lens to a shaort landscape lens and just take off the sidekick and pocket it..

BTW if you want to try it out go directly through Wimberley.. They offer a 60 day trial on any of their gear... That means they will not charge you for the gear until the 60 days are up.. i.e. test it out and decided if you want to keep it and then call them and pay for it...

Sounds easy???

[Kevin]

Harv, I sent you a PM. I've got the Sidekick and have been using it and the fluidity of movement is very good.

[dmwphoto]

fluidity?????

[Kevin]

Its ability to move up, down, side to side very smoothly. Fluidity. ;)

[Harv]

Thanks a bunch, guys. That's a lot of very useful information, particularly about their trial period.

Gawd, I love this forum. The knowledge base is incredibly deep. You guys are all great.

[dmwphoto]

Its ability to move up, down, side to side very smoothly. Fluidity. ;)

ah!
I will file that one loosely under "jargon"bravo;

[Kevin]

Maybe this will make you feel better

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
flu‧id‧i‧ty  /fluˈɪdɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[floo-id-i-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the quality or state of being fluid.
2. Physics.
a. the ability of a substance to flow.
b. a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity. Compare rhe.
[Origin: 1595–1605; fluid + -ity]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

[dmwphoto]

fluidity is not available in the legal dictionary. Try:

general English dictionary and thesaurus
Hutchinson encyclopedia
hmmn....

[Rudi]

Fluidity is a word!

And a full Wimberley is overkill for the 300mm f/2.8, IMO. A nice ballhead with the Wimberley sidekick should be way more than enough... unless you're planning to buy a much larger lens in the future, Harv! :D

But, since I don't own either of those... potty;

[Kevin]

fluidity is not available in the legal dictionary. Try:

general English dictionary and thesaurus
Hutchinson encyclopedia
hmmn....

Never heard of those....

How about Oxford, Cambridge, Meriam-Webster and Roget's New Millenium Thesaurus? It's in all of those.

From Oxford dictionary and in the context I used it:

flu•id•ity /fludti/ noun [U]
1 (formal) the quality of being smooth and elegant: She danced with great fluidity of movement.
2 (formal) the quality of being likely to change: the fluidity of human behaviour social fluidity
3 (technical) the quality of being able to flow freely, as gases and liquids do




©Oxford University Press, 2005.

[Harv]

Dave ane Kevin are just a couple of gimbal heads. dance;

[dmwphoto]

I resemble that remark!

[Rudi]

Dave ane Kevin are just a couple of gimbal heads. dance;

Now THERE is a perfect example of proper use of a word in the English language! :D bravo; bravo; bravo;