Bill, Check out Cat # 393 - Long lens monopod bracket at - http://www.manfrotto.com/product/itemlist.php3?manufid=1§ionid=103. It's the cheapest I've seen and should give you some ideas if you choose to build one.
Kenneth Waller -----Original Message----- From: William M Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Semi OT: Heavy Tripod Head Support 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 > PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
