Don't think I'd know the first thing about building a gimbal, though
the idea sounds fairly intruiging to me. I'll have to look around for
instructions . . . if you happen to see the instructions again John,
I'd appreciate a link.
IL Bill
On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 06:32 AM, John Mustarde wrote:
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:54:21 -0600, you wrote:
John,
I do realize at horizontal that the 3265 head performs nicely with
the 3 kg lens, however, I'm not shooting horizontally due to the high
incidence of 'things' in the way of the moon (trees, houses, etc).
Consequently I have to shoot at angles greater than 30 degrees much of
the time. The tension adjustment is a good point though . . . very
nice, when shooting at higher angles I had it dialed up all the way
though :-(
Why not build a gimbal just for high-angle shooting? Seems like a few
hardware store items and angle iron would do the trick. I'm sure I
saw a home-made one on a web search awhile ago. Plus I think there is
a cheap gimbal (<$50) out there somewhere, maybe even Bogen.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
