Please tell me how to make a steady window mount to your vehicle to photograph the wild life ...
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Please tell me how to make a steady window mount to your vehicle to photograph the wild life ...
A beanbag is a great choice......the BLUBB is awesome:
https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=12
I use the BLUBB also and love it.
I often use my arm. Of course this won't work if you need your left hand for focus or zoom. And I do a lot of in vehicle photography.
Another vote for the BLUBB.
I use a large bean bag, a Badger, (a South African ± equivalent of the BLUBB) together with a Badger Panning Mount (uses a Swiss-Arca quick release) and perhaps one extra normal bean bag (a large cloth bank cash-bag filled with beans).
The Badger bean bag slips over the open car window - it is shaped like a large tooth with two roots - one root on each side of the door (it holds about 2 kg of beans). Then the Badger panning mount either sits on top of this or on top of the extra bean bag - depending on the height/elevation you need for the camera subject.
The panning mount gives smooth panning and the bean bags give good stability. I would recommend that you still keep your lens image stabiliser on and, of course, the bean bags require that you, the photographer, make up the last part of the stabilising system by holding the camera down into the bean bag.
There is more information on bean bags on a recent thread that can be seen here: -
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=50446
Dave.
another vote for the BLUBB,AWESOME EQUIPMENT!!!........Outdoorsman11
A lot of my images are taken from a vehicle . The bean bag works well in certain situations. I too have a blubb.But my preference is too use a car mount from ODP here in SA.. and a wimberely head. The range and the ease of movement is far greater and ideal for moving subjects.I fine that been able adjust height quickly invaluable.
peter
another vote for the BLUBB!
I tried to summarize a lot of the options here. You will note there are also links in the review for diy options.
Dear Phill,
can u just show me a link for your Badger Panning Mount please. Then I can get an idea of how it works.
To dear All,
Thanks very much...
Tony
Tony the panning head is basically a shaped metal stand with a panning mount (your lens will need a lens plate) that rests on a beanbag and allows an easy side to side panning movement. It works very well in the field and is less cumbersome than some of the fixed door-mount systems available.
The panning head can be seen at: http://www.outdoorphotoshop.co.za/pB...ing-Plate.aspx
The Badger beanbag is shown at: http://www.outdoorphotoshop.co.za/pB...bag-EMPTY.aspx
The whole Badger system is at: http://www.outdoorphotoshop.co.za/c3...dger-Gear.aspx
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Originally Posted by Dave Phillips
I vote for this too.
I also use a Kirk window mount with a RRS BH55 ball head.
