You have pointed both the strength and the weakness of this design. It is so frictionless that a touch (such as touching the locking knob) will send it wildly spinning. If not locked, a breath of wind will turn it. It desperately needs a friction adjustment or, better yet, some fluid damping.
@jlgoins64 - you can order the Wimberley Gimbal head from most online photographer gear retailers. B&H is one of them. If you already have a high quality Arca-Swiss style ballhead then you should consider the Wimberley sidekick which turns your ballhead into a quality gimbal head but it's half the price ($250 vs. $600). I use the sidekick with a "really right stuff" BH-55 ballhead and it performs just as well as the full Wimberley up to Canon's 500mm.
Yeah , I just bought one of these heads it cost £500 here in the UK but if you have a lens 400mm or upwards it is worth every penny. I was really worried that the expense wouldn't be worth it but after using it once it was all wow.
You have pointed both the strength and the weakness of this design. It is so frictionless that a touch (such as touching the locking knob) will send it wildly spinning. If not locked, a breath of wind will turn it. It desperately needs a friction adjustment or, better yet, some fluid damping.
naclassics 5 months ago
You spin me right round baby right round
like a record baby right round round round
neyzenilkay 11 months ago
Fascinating! Like it's floating on a bed of magnetism!
piperbob2 1 year ago
does anyone have a website to go to to order this??
jlgoins64 1 year ago
@jlgoins64 - you can order the Wimberley Gimbal head from most online photographer gear retailers. B&H is one of them. If you already have a high quality Arca-Swiss style ballhead then you should consider the Wimberley sidekick which turns your ballhead into a quality gimbal head but it's half the price ($250 vs. $600). I use the sidekick with a "really right stuff" BH-55 ballhead and it performs just as well as the full Wimberley up to Canon's 500mm.
dayingyang0 1 year ago
Yeah , I just bought one of these heads it cost £500 here in the UK but if you have a lens 400mm or upwards it is worth every penny. I was really worried that the expense wouldn't be worth it but after using it once it was all wow.
pedalman 1 year ago
Now that's sweet!
dovecai 2 years ago
I think you can do it a lot cheaper with a lazy Susan.
canturgan 2 years ago 3
@canturgan Sure you can, but you'll soon find out why Susan is lazy.
TheLimbReaper 5 months ago
That's impressive.
jarvvill 2 years ago
That's awesome. It just goes to show how much faith you've got in the product.
I can see a drinking game in this: Spin the Telephoto!
eugeneblackman 2 years ago 9
aha . but does it go the other way?
filmitfilmit 2 years ago 2
Owkeeyy... now what is this point of this all?
SmeetsDieter 2 years ago
you're so clever!
seahyimin 2 years ago
wtf?hahaha
jrapplebrod 2 years ago