Clovishound
Senior Member
It's the Neweer "Professional" model.
Amazon
Yes, it's not one of the high end gimbals. I mounted it on my old Bogen 3021, and put the 200-500 F5.6 Nikkor lens on it with my Z5 and adapter. I had to play around just a little with the placement of the arca swiss style mounting plate. Got everything balanced up nicely and took it out in the chilly backyard to try and capture some bird pics.
First impression is that it is very sturdy, and surprisingly smooth for a budget gimbal. I found out I had it mounted backwards. Duh, need the "handle" on the left so you can hold the camera with your right hand, and the left hand on the upright to control pan movement. The other way around I was unscrewing the mount screw on the mount plate by trying to move the camera itself when panning left. Can't wait to get it out in the field to try it out on flying birds. I told the Pup we will have to go back to the Birds of Prey center SOON. I may have to spring for one of their photographer's days. It's $100 a piece, but you get half a day of access to all the demonstration birds, obviously catering to the limited sized group to get all the pics they want. They also do some great rescue and public education with the money they charge you. Owls, hawks and eagles. Oh My!
Anybody get any neat photo equipment for Christmas?
Amazon
Yes, it's not one of the high end gimbals. I mounted it on my old Bogen 3021, and put the 200-500 F5.6 Nikkor lens on it with my Z5 and adapter. I had to play around just a little with the placement of the arca swiss style mounting plate. Got everything balanced up nicely and took it out in the chilly backyard to try and capture some bird pics.
First impression is that it is very sturdy, and surprisingly smooth for a budget gimbal. I found out I had it mounted backwards. Duh, need the "handle" on the left so you can hold the camera with your right hand, and the left hand on the upright to control pan movement. The other way around I was unscrewing the mount screw on the mount plate by trying to move the camera itself when panning left. Can't wait to get it out in the field to try it out on flying birds. I told the Pup we will have to go back to the Birds of Prey center SOON. I may have to spring for one of their photographer's days. It's $100 a piece, but you get half a day of access to all the demonstration birds, obviously catering to the limited sized group to get all the pics they want. They also do some great rescue and public education with the money they charge you. Owls, hawks and eagles. Oh My!
Anybody get any neat photo equipment for Christmas?