Wimberly MH-100

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Graham Clark said:
Pretty sure Steve was using the Gitzo 4 series monopod, sure he will confirm when its daylight Stateside :), I'm using the Gitzo with either a D5 or D500 attached to the 300mm f/2.8 and 500mm f/4 with no problems at all.

Also using the Kirk foot on both lenses with no issues.
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Sorry, editing this post. Yes, I am using a 4 series Gitzo monopod :)
 
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Based on your recommendation I purchased the MH-100 MonoGimbal Head. Took it out last weekend as we had a our first clear day of no smoke in my area south of San Francisco to shoot birds... any birds. I have not used my carbon fiber mono pod in a couple of years. That is about to change. This head made shooting easy and effortless using my Sony 100-400 lens on my a7RIII. yeah, I'm an ex-pat Nikon user for 30 years but I still find your writings and videos the most informative.
 
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Hi all,

I'm a big fan of the Wimerley gear, but with the Wimberly MH-100 I cant' photograph the way I like it. I saw Steve's Video, was excited and ordered the MH-100 at a German Dealer, but after testing, I was very disapointed. My way of taking pictures with the telephoto lens on a monopod is to put my right hand around the camera handle and my left hand on the lens barrel. This way of taking pictures is not possible with any of the three telephoto lenses I own (Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500 mm 1:5.6E ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 70-200 mm 1:2.8E FL ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm 1:4E PF ED VR): the lens clamp has to be turned to the right. This way, the distance between the lens clamp and the camera handle is so small that I can't get my fingers in between. Unfortunately, this problem is only mentioned in the Wimberley manual. So you have to turn the lens clamp to the left, there is more space...No sooner said than done. The result is that I can no longer put my left hand on the lens tube. Both the locking knob and especially the knob on the quick-release clamp are in the way. I have also turned the quick-release clamp 180 degrees so that the locking knob points downwards, but this is not very practical and does not really solve the problem. So the Wimberley MH-100 is practically unusable for me. If you are interested in the mono gimbal head, you can check in advance by swivelling the tripod clamp to the right to see if you can still get your fingers between the camera body and the tripod clamp.
 
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