Is this a good product to "lock your zoom" so there's no drifting during panoramic shots?
1756782
Yes this is a very good thing to use as a follow focus but your lens has to be in manual mode. You can use this for your zoom or focus adjust. Very easy to use. But know that once you put a strap on your lens, it is not reusable.
1756783
Only if you can somehow secure it to your rig or hold it steady with your hand. It's not heavy enough to provide a way to steady your zoom. It's also very brittle, so that the mount breaks before your lens does, so if you put too much pressure on it during your panorama, you could have a shot-ruining twitch.
1756784
It does put a little additional tension on the focus ring, so it may help some in that respect, but it's not designed to lock focus so there may be other, better products for that. It does help in smoothing out focus shifts so if you do video, it's much less jumpy.
745435
Pans and tilts are very smooth with this head. We use it under a Canon XF300. The secret is to make sure the camera is balanced without any tension, then add in enough tension to make movements comfortable for you. When used in conjunction with a handle mounted controller and a solid tripod, camera shake or vibration is eliminated. This is a good choice and very economical.
10232
Yes it does a very good job of capturing the panoramic shots. It is never blurry.
1302721
Avoid extra digital zoom. The brighter the light the better. In lower light try evening setting. Do what you can to hold still. I can't remember if there is a setting for stabilization method you can check.
39033
No you cannot do that. The slowest speed is like a slow live panoramic . Nice and smooth but too fast for time lapse. It's a good panner but not great. It is the only one worth a damn for under 1000 that I have seen.
2070463
Yes - there's a small dial on the LHS of the viewfinder when you pull it out. It does seem to slip at times so you do need to readjust but it works OK.
1162862
Very. Good question. I just got my setup. It. Has two plastic locks that can be set two stop camera from sliding back or forward. I think it will help to keep things safer when the little one is around.
1484431
I have used this with some tests shots in traffic, testing the tracking features of the Canon 7D Mark II. It did ok some of the time, but the camera said it lost communication with the lens at other times. I haven't seen this with my other cameras (70D and 6D), and only with the 7d in high speed burst mode. I used it once with either the 6D or the 70D (don't remember) to take a lot of pictures during a high school volleyball game with no obvious problems. And I've used the lens a lot with both cameras for other purposes. I don't find that it does really well in IQ below f/3.5. So I avoid shooting wider than that. The VC is great. I have used this with some tests shots in traffic, testing the tracking features of the Canon 7D Mark II. It did ok some of the time, but the camera said it lost communication with the lens at other times. I haven't seen this with my other cameras (70D and 6D), and only with the 7d in high speed burst mode. I used it once with either the 6D or the 70D (don't remember) to take a lot of pictures during a high school volleyball game with no obvious problems. And I've used the lens a lot with both cameras for other purposes. I don't find that it does really well in IQ below f/3.5. So I avoid... » Read More I have used this with some tests shots in traffic, testing the tracking features of the Canon 7D Mark II. It did ok some of the time, but the camera said it lost communication with the lens at other times. I haven't seen this with my other cameras (70D and 6D), and only with the 7d in high speed burst mode. I used it once with either the 6D or the 70D (don't remember) to take a lot of pictures during a high school volleyball game with no obvious problems. And I've used the lens a lot with both cameras for other purposes. I don't find that it does really well in IQ below f/3.5. So I avoid shooting wider than that. The VC is great. « Show Less
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That will depend on the settings on your camera. If you can set your camera to stay open for several minutes/hours, then yes. It just lets you press a remote shutter instead of the one on the camera to avoid camera movement.
1979385
I don't use lockboxes..they only make the cam stand out more and make it more tempting for any thieves. Place the cam 12+ feet off the ground if you can do it safely aiming downward. Most people aren't looking up when they're walking. Camoflage with native foliage or velcro strips attached to "sneaky leaves" with a staple and the other piece of velcro stuck to the cam. Well camo'd cams on the ground are also good. I recently got a Browning "no glow" cam which makes the cam even less obvious, but the Trail Ranger is a good cam.
775630
Yes, but I wouldn't recommend it for lots of video, there are better tripod heads with a pan-handle (haha) that make panning smoother. Once you lock the ball with the two knobs, there is a separate knob that controls rotation, and it tells you the degrees (0-360), so you can take panoramic photos. You loosen the rotation knob and can pan, it does feel smooth, and could be used if you will do occasional videos. If you are taking a lot of videos, I would get something made more for videos.
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Check out the review left on November 2, 2008 by Chawks. They list that as one of the things it can do. I was wondering the same thing. I did that with my daughters camera and how silly I felt to shoot it sideways trying to get it closer. I had been shooting stills with it all day and it all happened so fast I did not think before I shot it trying not to miss a kid on stilts. So, I am going to try this one and hope it does that.
1375626
Yeah. You are spot on!! :)This is a perfect camera for that choice. it has a good sensor with excellent image quality. It is really very good. Only thing is that the panorama stitching of photos has to be done on computer using the software provided.Except that it has lots of controls which you can play with.
2242582
Funny thing, I have not used the panoramic mode. (Which is crazy because I live on a river!) But I do love my camera!it takes awesome pictures.
681244
On mine, the pan motion is fairly smooth, while the tilt is slightly abrupt at first. It is still not bad overall though, and I would recommend it if you need a lightweight tripod for travel for its overall sturdiness.
1689511
This item comes with a cam-lock style suction cup mount. Open the cam lever, push the cup onto your windshield, and close the cam lever to create a vacuum to hold the suction cup in place. So far it's held fine on my windshield and because the camera is so light, it should stay indefinitely. The camera has a slot in it (seen above the lens in the main item photo) which matches a locking tab on the suction cup mount. The mount has 3 dimensions of swivel and rotation so you can angle the camera how you need to.
1714314
I was curious since I have never tried that before. I just tried it and with the additional brackets that come with it I was able to position the viewfinder directly in front of my eye perfectly. That was tested with a Canon T3i. Your results may vary depending on camera, etc but it worked perfect for me.