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GIMBAL HEAD
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February 16, 2013 |
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I
just purchased an
Induro GHB2 Gimbal Head
and love it!
With my Manfrotto Ball Head it was difficult
to maneuver my Canon 500 mm lens.
The Induro makes this operation a breeze. For
those of you not familiar with the gimbal
concept, a gimbal head rotates a lens around its center
of gravity, thus allowing for easy and
smooth manipulation while tracking moving
subjects. This proves useful in wildlife
photography as well as in any other case
where very long and heavy telephoto lenses
are used.
When doing my research before buying this
head, some of the YouTube videos I viewed
portrayed the head adjustments for a
particular lens/camera setup to be pretty
involved. I definitely did NOT find this to
be the case.
My first setup involved using the head with
my Canon 1D-III with my 70-200mm lens
attached. This was done in my living room as
opposed to in the field. While the gimbal
head is not really designed for such a
"small lens", it worked pretty well.
I then tackled it with the 500 mm lens.
Pretty easy.
I found the best steps to take in the setup
are as follows:
1. tighten both the tilt and rotation knobs
on the Induro,
2. attach the lens collar to the Induro via
the supplied Acra-Swiss plate,
3. adjust the vertical adjustment of the
Induro such that the centerline of the lens
lines up with the Induro tilt knob,
4. adjust the Acra-Swiss plate horizontally
until the camera/lens combination is
basically balanced. Test for balance by
loosening the Induro tilt knob.
In use, have the tilt and rotate Induro
knobs loose and move your camera as required
to get your shot. If you need to set your
shot, tighten those knobs to lock the
composition. |
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