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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 736461" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>If you want to be able to easily and <em>smoothly</em> use a long lens like a 500mm then a gimbal head is the only way to go. Trust me, your lens is a "lightweight", my 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor is <strong><em>14</em></strong> pounds all by itself. I don't nickname it <em>"the beast"</em> for nothing! Add the D850 and battery grip and you are pushing 20 pounds. The camera/grip/lens combination is not handholdable by any stretch, especially since it is manual focus. But put my camera/lens/gimbal head on a sturdy carbon fiber tripod and it is an absolute <em>dream</em> to use and the images are sharp as a needle. I don't really see the point of putting a gimbal head on a monopod. It seems it would be unwieldy and difficult to use. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]340097[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 736461, member: 12827"] If you want to be able to easily and [I]smoothly[/I] use a long lens like a 500mm then a gimbal head is the only way to go. Trust me, your lens is a "lightweight", my 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor is [B][I]14[/I][/B] pounds all by itself. I don't nickname it [I]"the beast"[/I] for nothing! Add the D850 and battery grip and you are pushing 20 pounds. The camera/grip/lens combination is not handholdable by any stretch, especially since it is manual focus. But put my camera/lens/gimbal head on a sturdy carbon fiber tripod and it is an absolute [I]dream[/I] to use and the images are sharp as a needle. I don't really see the point of putting a gimbal head on a monopod. It seems it would be unwieldy and difficult to use. [ATTACH=CONFIG]340097._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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