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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Jack Flesher on December 01, 2003, 10:00:20 am

Title: Wimberley Head panning modification
Post by: Jack Flesher on December 01, 2003, 10:00:20 am

Isn't the camera a good enough handle for you?  It looks to me like you'd have cross your arms to pan via your handle and fire the shutter at the same time...

Title: Wimberley Head panning modification
Post by: mebow on November 30, 2003, 09:29:12 pm

I made some modifications to the Wimberley head to allow   panning  for birds in flight.

Please see my Sherpa page and go to page 2 http://home.earthlink.net/~mr1634/ (http://home.earthlink.net/~mr1634/)
For information and pictures.

Thanks, Mike

Title: Wimberley Head panning modification
Post by: pmkierst on December 01, 2003, 01:54:05 pm

Looks like he has a remote release on the handle in one of the pics.

I find grabbing the camera grip and swinging to be superior. I could see the point of the rig if you were able to view the scene from a distance (like a couple of feet) using a large viewfinder (ala studio video cameras), but don't see the usefulness when you have to have your eye mashed up to the camera anyway.

Perhaps he will explain the why.