Don't know if the Wimberly is fluid damped. All I know is that the knob works better :-)
-- MaritimTim 2009/7/19 John Whittingham <[email protected]>: > Mine's still new and feels tight, but I may have a try at adjusting after > it's worn in a little. Agreed the horizontal friction couldn't be done on the > fly, is the Winberly fluid damped? > > John > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > [[email protected]] > Sent: 19 July 2009 20:53 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Minor enablement > > Yep. I've tried adjusting the friction. That's the problem I believe, > it much harder to fine tune friction. You can adjust the vertical > friction on the fly, but you need a umbraco to adjust the horisontal > friction, so fine tuning horisontal is a no no. > > -- > MaritimTim > > 2009/7/19 John Whittingham <[email protected]>: >> I went out for a couple of hours this afternoon after the rain stopped, >> never got to use the new head but got a nice shot of a Damselfly on my >> travels. As good as the Wimberly, except panning! Have you tried adjusting >> the friction, or are you referring to some other advantage the Wimberly has. >> Nearly as good as the best is pretty damn good for the money. >> >> Regards, >> >> John >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby >> [[email protected]] >> Sent: 19 July 2009 13:31 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Minor enablement >> >> Yep I'm using mine. In fact me and the 393 are going camping right >> after I've sent this post. I've got a couple of white throated dippers >> with a child waiting for me :-) >> I'm using mine mainly with a Tamron adaptall x 1,7, my BigK >> (K-500/4,5) or the DA* 300. >> >> Overall I think it does a pretty good job. I have also tried the >> Wimberly, kindly lent from a PDML lurker, hi Kaffilars :-) >> I think the Wimberly is slightly better on panning. Except from this I >> find them equal in performance. And equal with Wimberly means very >> good :-) >> >> I'm convinced you will find that it will improve the sharpness of your >> photos. To hell with work, just go out there and shoot :-) >> >> >> -- >> MaritimTim >> >> 2009/7/19 John Whittingham <[email protected]>: >>> Hi Tim >>> >>> I'ne only tried it to see what it's like, unfortunately, because pressure >>> of work has prevented me doing any bird photography lately. I was suitably >>> impressed with it though, the longest lens I have is the DA* 300/4 fitted >>> with 1.4, 1.5 or 1.7x TC. I'm hoping the 393 will help me with sharper >>> images when SR is not so effective due to using one of the TC's. Initial >>> tests proved it to be quite effective even when used with 300mm + 1.7 TC >>> down to 1/125 sec. I'm hopimg to return to Mere Sands Wood (Kingfisher >>> territory) and try it someday soon. >>> >>> Are you still using yours? How do you find it? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> John -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
