Hi I am looking at a decent gimbal head to hold a 600mm f4 lens. I came across the british made lensmaster gimbal. Does anyone have first hand experience of these with a large heavy lens please.
I’ve used it with a Sigma 300-800mm, they don’t come much bigger or heavier! Worked extremely well, mine was custom made to be slightly longer to accommodate the Sigma and all on a few days!Hi I am looking at a decent gimbal head to hold a 600mm f4 lens. I came across the british made lensmaster gimbal. Does anyone have first hand experience of these with a large heavy lens please.
Cheers I just wanted to know if any one used one with a heavy 5kg 600mm , The Sigma reply answers that I have a gimbal that is fine with 150-600 just notchy with the extra weight of the 600 primeThe man that makes them is TP member.
Lots of users too........I think a search would bring up various threads/posts
Brilliant thanks sound like it will do what I wantI’ve used it with a Sigma 300-800mm, they don’t come much bigger or heavier! Worked extremely well, mine was custom made to be slightly longer to accommodate the Sigma and all on a few days!
Thanks Stewart I have just got one a few days ago. I have not had time or the weather to try it on a days photography yet, but it looks well made and balances nice with a Nikon 600mm f4 and a d850 . That is the main lens I will use the gimbal for so all should be ok. I was lucky to pick one up as new pretty much unused for a good price so took the chance.I use the LensMaster RH-2 and I stock it for my business. I think it' a great piece of kit.
One thing to be aware of, however, is that it only has adjustments in one dimension. You can move the mounting point forwards and backwards, but not up and down. This means that, depending on the size of your lens, the centre of gravity of the lens might be a little bit above or below the pivot point, and if it is there isn't really anything you can do about it. If that happens, then when the lens is tilted upwards it will have a slight tendency to tilt downwards or further upwards. It's easily manageable - you just need to tighten up the pivot, or make sure you keep one hand on the lens - but it's best to be aware of it before you take both hands off and it goes clang!