Thanks for the honest review Josh. Photography is such a specialized and expensive hobby. It’s nice when we can make something work multipurpose like that but it’s not always the case. I’m currently getting by with a Wimberley Sidekick on a RRS BH55 which allows me to do my landscape work on just the ballhead and add the Sidekick for wildlife with my lighter 500PF lens. It’s working but if I was to ever go to a bigger lens or start to do video it would upset the applecart.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Mark! I also had the Wimberley + BH55! Its a great combo! And you are totally right, there usually isnt a "perfect" solution, and there is always going to be compromise somewhere!

Damn, that's a freakin' beefy and tall tripod! Keep the reviews coming

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

It is, and it’s rock solid! Thanks for the support!

I've used them all. The Gitzo Fluid Gimbal Head is the best.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

I politely disagree. The Gitzo wasnt great as a gimbal, or a fluid head.. As a gimbal, you can never take off all the "drag" resulting in restricted movement, especially in cold tempertures when the "fluid" would get thicker and cause it to "stick" when panning. As a fluid head, it never had ultra smooth movements that a fluid would normally have. I found the gitzo to be "ok" while this is a huge improvement in the gimbal aspect for wildlife photography. This has a much lower operating temperture than the gitzo, its built better, it has better movement, and overall is a much better head.

Looks like a great head and tripod. I love to work off a rock solid setup like this. If it came with someone to carry it into the field for me, I would be all in.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Its honestly not as bad as it seems. Its only about 3 pounds heavier than my last set up, but significantly better. I was carrying around a 70-200 that I NEVER! used, so I just took that out of the bag to offset the weight.

Flex shooter pro is a huge step up over a traditional gimbal. I no longer use my high-end carbon fiber gimbal head since getting this. I quickly got used to the slight change in pivot point location.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

I’ve never even heard of that, thanks for sharing!

Bro I don’t wanna call you out here but I gotta say your gimbal is only 1/2 set up. It appears you have found the front to back balance point but not vertical balance point. Take a moment watch Steve Perry gimbal set up video. I believe you will be that much more impressed by your equipment.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

Oh no, I’m aware. I know that I don’t balance it correctly, but that’s because I don’t need it to be balanced for my work. 99% of what I do is video, and no amount of balancing is going to give me smooth drag during panning or tilting. Generally, my hands are always on the camera, and I need to lock it down because of wind conditions. Thanks so much for the comment though!

@travislucas7483

5 ай бұрын

If you haven’t tired one before it’s worth a look. The Manfrotto 502 video fluid head. Out of the box it’s not super hybrid friendly shooting due to the Manfrotto Cine style QR plate. However if you mod it with a Kirk Arca Bridge for the 502 and in my opinion remove the pan handle it becomes one of the best hybrid shooters tripod heads available.

@FoxandFir

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion, im currently deciding on which one to buy at the moment. @@travislucas7483