Sunwayfoto GH-01 Carbon Fiber Gimbal Head Released

Sunwayfoto have finally released their GH-01 heavy duty Carbon Fiber Gimbal head which we saw in the Sneak Peek of Sunwayfoto Heavy Duty Carbon Fiber Gimbal Head last August.
The final product has been improved and reinforced at many points. Nonetheless, some changes are obvious, while others are invisible to the end user. In any case the overall stability and balancing were improved.

New Modular Add-On Gimbal Head from Hejnar Photo

As I mentioned in other posts Summer and especially the month of August is time for vacation for most people but it also proves to be a period of launching new products and ideas.
Chris Hejnar has also been quite busy to introduce a Modular Gimbal Head for smaller and lighter cameras as the Fuji XT1 with Fujinon XF100-400mm illustrated above.

Sneak Peek of Sunwayfoto Heavy Duty Carbon Fiber Gimbal Head

Sunwayfoto is about to expand in a new market segment with a new product. So here is a sneak peak of their heavy duty Carbon Fiber Gimbal head under evaluation.

Sunwayfoto DYH-66i Leveling Base Review

Some of the more frequent readers may recall my ongoing engagement in the study, preparation and testing of a new Heavy Duty Panorama Head.

Continues testing under various setups brings out more and more details that should be taken care of, before bringing a new idea into the public.

Create an Economy Telephoto Flash Bracket

The usual problem when shooting with a long telephoto lens using a flash either for fill-in light or to freeze motion, is a darker spot or shadow at the lower part of the photo caused by the telephoto lens itself interfering to the light beam emitted by the flash.
Here comes the need of moving the flash unit forward using a flash bracket.


Longer telephoto lenses have collars, then a flash bracket attached on the collar foot assists further by keeping the center of gravity close to the tripod's pivoting axis removing the flash from the camera top, thus maintaining the camera/lens balance.
More to that, when the camera is turned in the portrait position within the lens collar, the flash will remain always on top.



The idea of creating a Telephoto Flash Bracket was based on the Boling C-shaped Flash Bracket which I have reviewed earlier.

Using a Panorama Head as a Gimbal

After testing the Hejnar Photo Rails as a skeleton structure, the Benro PC-0 and PC-1 Panorama (Panoramic) Clamps as vertical and horizontal rotators for my Multi Row Panorama Head, I saw that their strength and resistance to vibration were beyond expectation.


Then another idea came up!

Why not test them as a Gimbal Head?

And that I did !








The proof follows:

Create an Alternative Economy Gimbal Head

Anyone in possession of a long telephoto lens is aware that is heavy to hold and manipulate.

The perfect solution for balancing a heavy lens and camera combination for free and smooth movement is a Gimbal head. But when we come to Gimbal heads several hundred €€€ or $$$ figures come immediately in mind.

If you happen to have a Versatile tripod here is a cost effective alternatve solution that I have tested. Which is fully functional, very stable and sturdy with minimal to no vibration even for heavy lenses.

As an extra bonus... it weighs less than 0,5 kg (1.1 lbs) to carry around.