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 <jo...@carmel.ac.uk>: > 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: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > [maritim...@gmail.com] > 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 <jo...@carmel.ac.uk>: >> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
