dklimek1
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I have been on a quest to lighten my load as I’m scrambling over the rocky coast of Downeast Maine, and am using the MonoGimbal to connect my Nikon D7500 / Tamron 150-600 to a Feisol monopod. I am very pleased with the combination except for one problem - Stiction. I often find myself tracking birds in flight. This is often thru 90+ degrees horizontal motion. With a tripod I was frustrated in that I had to be moving my body around the tripod while trying to keep aim on the bird. With the monopod, I can twist at the waist, and move the camera around me. Unfortunately, with the foot of the monopod fixed, the rotational angle of my camera (around the optical axis of the lens) is constantly changing. I loosen the mounting ring on the Tamron to allow the correcting rotation, but that’s where Stiction is a problem. Stiction is that initial resistance to sliding. Once it is overcome, the sliding is very fast do to this excess force necessary to start the rotation, and I over compensate. The same problem happens when I try to back correct. I’ve tried various oils and greases with limited success. I was wondering if you know of the best sort of lubricant to solve this problem. The Wimberley rotation is very smooth. Most of the lenses I have used zoom with a very smooth motion with very little of this initial resistance to rotation, so I would think there is a solution. Thanks.
PS. Stiction is also why I rarely use a ball head mount. No mater what the setting on the friction screw, I find my self jumping back and forth trying to set the desired camera angle.
PS. Stiction is also why I rarely use a ball head mount. No mater what the setting on the friction screw, I find my self jumping back and forth trying to set the desired camera angle.