Supporting your telephoto lenses for wildlife photography

Posted on August 16, 2014 by ShutterBug

Telephoto lenses are critical for wildlife photography, but big lenses can be a challenge to support due to their size and weight. Here, Jason P. Odell demon…
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16 Responses to Supporting your telephoto lenses for wildlife photography

  1. tbcass says:
    August 16, 2014 at 4:20 am

    The Wimberly is very over priced. The Optika GH1 Pro supports up to 30 lbs
    and does the job just as well for less than half the price.

  2. Dave T says:
    August 16, 2014 at 4:45 am

    I’ve been looking at lens supports for wildlife photography and found it
    quite confusing – then I came across this excellent explanation by +Jason
    Odell which was just what I needed to clear the mist.

  3. berto1999 . says:
    August 16, 2014 at 5:07 am

    Very very good tutorial!

  4. Johnny says:
    August 16, 2014 at 5:38 am

    wow. so much specialized gear… Good video Jason, thanks.

  5. Prashant Merchant says:
    August 16, 2014 at 5:47 am

    Thanks for the video. Very very helpful.

  6. nikonlarry says:
    August 16, 2014 at 5:51 am

    Jason, Thanks for the video. As a follow up a lot of photographers might be
    interested in the Wimberley flash bracket and the Better Beamer. I am sure
    you have these. 

  7. Imoney10 says:
    August 16, 2014 at 5:51 am

    What kind of tripod is he using in this vidoe? 

  8. mcladrifter says:
    August 16, 2014 at 6:33 am

    Very interesting video, one question, what is the best out of two regarding
    price, weight and overall ergonomics?

  9. Edgar R says:
    August 16, 2014 at 7:29 am

    Duke Nukem! Lol nice video!

  10. Lysander Spooner says:
    August 16, 2014 at 8:08 am

    THANKS!

  11. David Mortimer says:
    August 16, 2014 at 8:54 am

    How does adjusting the height affect the gimbal head’s ability to balance
    the lens/camera? I thought it was only the fore/aft movements along the
    plate. I would think that the height adjustment is just to compensate for
    terrain or user height.

  13. Hynee says:
    August 16, 2014 at 9:31 am

    Awesome, I’ve got a budget supertelephoto (a Sigma 70-200 plus a 2x
    teleconverter), it’s a bit hard to know where to go with heads and tripods,
    so this helps me out, although I think all that stuff is quite expensive.

  14. Lana Puckett says:
    August 16, 2014 at 10:27 am

    Enjoyed this info very much.

  16. massbrutality says:
    August 16, 2014 at 11:14 am

    wow best ball head & gimbal head video i have seen so far with examples and
    everything thank you …

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