Chimere

Thank you all for your responses. Will visit local store to check out all the hardware mentioned in your responses before I buy. Chimere

Amazon shows a multitude of gimbals, from some $80.- to $500.-. Most of them are of very similar design. What to buy or, not to buy ? A rating of some 5 lbs. / 2.2 kg  (A77ii + tamron150-600 mm) ...

The offer of gimbals is mesmerizing, at prices from $80 up to some $500.- Most have similar design, with similar ratings. What to buy and which to ignore ? Need a rig with some 5 lbs / 2200 g min. ...

Robin: what about the MovoGH800 ? It seems to provide for rotation along the horizontal plane / vertical axis. Chimere

The "Tomahawk" would not work that well in a tripod, limiting the rotation along the vertical axis. A ball head on the other hand would cancel out the "weightless" feature of the Gimbal head. Do I ...

Very beautiful captivating composition! Chimere

Thanks for response: quite a cumbersome & expensive contraption. Purpose being to have the equipment's center of gravity in the centre of rotation ? Big advantage over a ball head ? Chimere Happy ...

A bit surprised I ma by the limited response to the post. I personally had many good surprises, one of them - my favorite - automatic ISO at manual operation. What a boon shooting in low light ! Ca ...

My apology: did not mean it that way. Results like yours are the fruit of hard work, patience and enormous skill. Hardware helps, but a good cook still will produce good food with minimal hardware. ...

Thanks for your information, posting of splendid images. But let's not forget that one important ingredient to your success story: appears to me that you live on the pacific coast, somewhere in ...

Anybody has one to sell ? Preferably  in the Toronto. Below Ca$1000.- +  good condition. Chimere I used to be indecisive, lately I am not so sure anymore

Thanks Robin, very useful information. Chimere I used to be indecisive, lately I am not so sure anymore

Martin: difficult to believe what you say here. Mind you, Dragonflys have a special way of navigating, making them hoover fixed still in the air for short periods. Good enough for a 60% keeper ...

I kind of agree with you, getting a bit bored looking up into the darkness. It all depends though of the size and quality of your scope, and the darkness of the places you can get to. Much of the ...

Best advise you would get from a computer store. Many options in this field. Chimere

After nursing a good relationship with the now a bit aged A77ii can you tell which one of its features still "turns you on", you use most often, keeps you "passionate" ? Chimere

That effect would handsomely explain why a lens wide open is prone to produce less contrast, as light intensity is distributed over wider band of focal distance. Chimere

Search for a camera with the time lapse function. Attach a flash via hot shoe and cable to avoid reflections if there is a glass between the bees and the camera. You might have to use camera in ...

Thank you for that Robert: very convincing demonstration ! So I wonder why not much of this is mentioned when discussing the value of MF adjustment. Chimere

Understood now. However I would expect the poor / diffused focus more on low quality lenses, with soft IQ when wide open, with subjects at close range. Regular - non macro - lenses are corrected ...