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<blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 800903" data-attributes="member: 47518">Thanks, Chris, for sharing your great experience. Look like you got an Artcise AS90C. Mine CS80C. I feel it's strong enough for my system. Your first image (eagle catch fish) is stunning and the handheld image of geese fantastic. The focus area mode I used to set &quot;Large wide-area AF&quot; which I get to choose my focus point. Focus point automatically selected by camera is (in z6ii) &quot;Auto-area AF&quot; (not sure of the term in z5). I see you set f=6.3, is that ok for DOF? Maybe I shouldn't close out too much. Do you think 1/1000&quot; is overkill? Your description of handling the system and operating the shooting is pretty close to what is in my mindset. Just not sure about the optimum joint tension for the best execution. Thanks to your setup, I think it makes good sense that OS to be set ON because operating gimbal setting (motion) is very different from ballhead setting (still). So I'll try this out.Totally agree with you about gimbal tripod vs handheld. I am at the age of easy arm break-off, not like Woody who hangs two D500 with 600mm and 300mm on his neck and shoots around with either one handheld with great images. $$$ investment is for saving my body and hobby, lol.Another Q: When you move around with your camera and lens on the gimbal tripod (and other gears in bag), how do you carry the thing? Put on your shoulder (too scary for me)? hold the upper part of tripod? hold the gimbal head? hold part of the long lens?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="blackstar, post: 800903, member: 47518"] Thanks, Chris, for sharing your great experience. Look like you got an Artcise AS90C. Mine CS80C. I feel it's strong enough for my system. Your first image (eagle catch fish) is stunning and the handheld image of geese fantastic. The focus area mode I used to set "Large wide-area AF" which I get to choose my focus point. Focus point automatically selected by camera is (in z6ii) "Auto-area AF" (not sure of the term in z5). I see you set f=6.3, is that ok for DOF? Maybe I shouldn't close out too much. Do you think 1/1000" is overkill? Your description of handling the system and operating the shooting is pretty close to what is in my mindset. Just not sure about the optimum joint tension for the best execution. Thanks to your setup, I think it makes good sense that OS to be set ON because operating gimbal setting (motion) is very different from ballhead setting (still). So I'll try this out. Totally agree with you about gimbal tripod vs handheld. I am at the age of easy arm break-off, not like Woody who hangs two D500 with 600mm and 300mm on his neck and shoots around with either one handheld with great images. $$$ investment is for saving my body and hobby, lol. Another Q: When you move around with your camera and lens on the gimbal tripod (and other gears in bag), how do you carry the thing? Put on your shoulder (too scary for me)? hold the upper part of tripod? hold the gimbal head? hold part of the long lens? [/QUOTE]

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