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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    Ah, I think we are both rank green beginners, but I've probably had more time to read the forums than you have. The heads of choice for digiscoping are the heavier Manfrotto fluid heads, 700rc2, the 128RC, and the 501 pro, with the 128rc being the "standard" for digiscoping. None of these are...
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    Ok, so the 3047 isn't a fluid head and the Russian-made adapter is said not to fit tightly -- and you may decide to add a 2x converter later. Well, I guess you will always be able to experiment with smaller plates later.
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    So with your beautiful D60 this will be a 960mm equivalent (35mm) lens. That is a long lens but it still won't have the touchyness of a scope. Do you feel it will be impossible to properly mate the two halves of the lens or to mount the camera to the lens? You mentioned a Nikon-EOS adapter. If...
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    How the heck can that lens weigh 3x as much as my scope? I must have plastic lenses. (I just weighed my kit and I believe I should be under 6 kg (13lbs) total)
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    I had looked at a few surveyor tripods on Ebay but they were all between ten and twenty lbs (4.5 - 9 kg) which seemed a bit heavy to carry.
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    I am unfamiliar with astro mounts but someone here can no doubt comment more intelligently. I guess I am still unsure about your plate. I would have proposed that both sunshade and camera attach directly to the lens if at all possible. This would shrink the plate to only the size desirable for...
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    Ok, so you put parts from two tripods together to make one? The tripod doesn't have any screw at all just a 2" hole? Ok. Things will become clearer once you have all the parts in front of you to look at... Dave
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    Hmmm... you've lost me. Are you saying the focus mechanism of the big lens changes the distance between the lens mounting point and the camera position? What is this Nikon EOS adapter? I would expect you to attach the camera to the lens using the lens thread. To me the plate looks much too long...
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    Wimberley gimbal type head

    I would like to hear about gimbal users experiences. The Manfrotto 393 gymbal mount looks interesting but I wonder how portability is affected? http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/non-nikon_articles/manfrotto_393/393_1.html I have also been interested in surveyor tripods and wooden tripods...
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