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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 786253" data-attributes="member: 48483">The gimbal arrived 3 days ago on Wednesday. That was 2 days of ground shipping from Atlanta to Madison, WI. Instead of paying the full $250 for the SK-100 Wimberly Sidekick at Amazon, I just checked for any used ones around. KEH of course typically has the best inventory of used gear and came in at $90 off of the price of new.In case anybody is unfamiliar, the Sikekick is an adapter to mount on a stout ball-head with it's own separate panning axis. The gimbal then only has 1 axis of movement by mounting the lens foot sideways. It is less fussing around balancing things, but maybe less motion range. A good option for someone like myself that will use a ball-head for the vast majority of my tripod shooting, but would like to have a gimbal for some outings. It appears to be powder-coated cast-aluminum and the construction to my eye looks like it is cast in 2 halves and welded together and machined.I may have to spend an afternoon stalking the chipmunks and bunnies in the backyard.[ATTACH]376900[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376901[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376902[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376903[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376904[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376905[/ATTACH][ATTACH]376906[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 786253, member: 48483"] The gimbal arrived 3 days ago on Wednesday. That was 2 days of ground shipping from Atlanta to Madison, WI. Instead of paying the full $250 for the SK-100 Wimberly Sidekick at Amazon, I just checked for any used ones around. KEH of course typically has the best inventory of used gear and came in at $90 off of the price of new. In case anybody is unfamiliar, the Sikekick is an adapter to mount on a stout ball-head with it's own separate panning axis. The gimbal then only has 1 axis of movement by mounting the lens foot sideways. It is less fussing around balancing things, but maybe less motion range. A good option for someone like myself that will use a ball-head for the vast majority of my tripod shooting, but would like to have a gimbal for some outings. It appears to be powder-coated cast-aluminum and the construction to my eye looks like it is cast in 2 halves and welded together and machined. I may have to spend an afternoon stalking the chipmunks and bunnies in the backyard. [ATTACH=CONFIG]376900._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376901._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376902._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376903._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376904._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376905._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]376906._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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