A Canon RF 200-500mm f/5.6L IS USM makes an apperance

[AlanF]

This utilizes a monopod. Follow the active link in my previous post. The prices are on the website as is a video. The video displays an older version of the harness. The new version is better. There is some weight on the shoulders, but, overall, it makes handling the RF 600mm f4 easier for lengthy periods and it is, quite, mobile.

I did follow the link, but I didn't see the price, and still don't.

 

[1ll]

This utilizes a monopod. Follow the active link in my previous post. The prices are on the website as is a video. The video displays an older version of the harness. The new version is better. There is some weight on the shoulders, but, overall, it makes handling the RF 600mm f4 easier for lengthy periods and it is, quite, mobile.

Product review here: https://youtu.be/UbGGMcvqiXk?si=YqEUDFIdi19H-ZV2

 

[1ll]

I did follow the link, but I didn't see the price, and still don't.

Scroll down the page and see this (look at the attached jpeg). Click on "Click here for more information".

 

[P-visie]

I did follow the link, but I didn't see the price, and still don't.

This page has the variants of the vest, each variant includes prices: https://www.speed-shooter.com/harness-styles

Yoke style: https://www.speed-shooter.com/yoke-style-harnesses

• Harness: 195 USD
• Harness + Wimberley Mono Gimbal: 375 USD
• Complete set, includes monopod and accessory bag: 499 USD

Edit: Shipping costs will be applied at checkout.

 

[AlanF]

This page has the variants of the vest, each variant includes prices: https://www.speed-shooter.com/harness-styles

Yoke style: https://www.speed-shooter.com/yoke-style-harnesses

• Harness: 195 USD
• Harness + Wimberley Mono Gimbal: 375 USD
• Complete set, includes monopod and accessory bag: 499 USD

Edit: Shipping costs will be applied at checkout.

Thanks. I’m not going to trawl through a series of links to find a price. If information like price is not presented clearly and prominently but hidden, then it’s either overpriced, he has something to hide or he is simply clueless about how to make a webpage.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Thanks. I’m not going to trawl through a series of links to find a price. If information like price is not presented clearly and prominently but hidden, then it’s either overpriced, he has something to hide or he is simply clueless about how to make a webpage.

Fancy version of something I recall discussing on this forum about 15 years ago, namely using a color guard flag carrier and a monopod to support a supertele lens.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Speaking of weight, does anyone here know about this?: https://www.speed-shooter.com/ Whistling Wings speed shooter harness. It helps a lot. I ordered the new version to use with my RF 600mm f4.

I didn't know about this, but as mentioned the basic idea has been around for a long time. Having said that, I had not previously run across the Wimberley MonoGimbal. I have the RRS MH-02 Pro tilt head on my RRS monopod, and while it's an excellent head you definitely cannot let go of the camera without locking down the head.

However, the design of the RRS tilt head does actually allow it to be used ('off-label' so to speak) as a monogimbal! The clamp can rotate through 360º on the head, the intent is to allow you to change the orientation to use the head with a camera plate instead of the normal lens foot. The rotation locks with a small knob (that's the upgrade with the MH-02 vs the -01, the ability to change orientation without a hex key). By dropping the tilt head to the end of the 180º range so the clamp is vertical and loosening the locking knob for clamp orientation, the head becomes a side-mount gimbal just like the Wimberley. Not sure I'll actually use it that way – the orientation lock knob is small (not convenient to lock the lens in an orientation when used sideways like that), and I'm not really sure it's robust enough to be used in a way the head was clearly not designed (I emailed RRS support to ask).

Regardless, I just ordered the Wimberley one. It's not too expensive (less than I paid for the RRS monopod head over a decade ago) and I like the elegance of the monogimbal solution for regular monopod use.

 

[koenkooi]

Fancy version of something I recall discussing on this forum about 15 years ago, namely using a color guard flag carrier and a monopod to support a supertele lens.

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That's pretty much exactly how Ron described the original concept!

 

[neuroanatomist]

…I'm not really sure it's robust enough to be used in a way the head was clearly not designed (I emailed RRS support to ask).

RRS replied (very quickly) that the MH-02 is robust enough for use as a side gimbal (not surprising). But needing to use the little knob on it to lock the angle is not ideal.

 

[AlanF]

I didn't know about this, but as mentioned the basic idea has been around for a long time. Having said that, I had not previously run across the Wimberley MonoGimbal. I have the RRS MH-02 Pro tilt head on my RRS monopod, and while it's an excellent head you definitely cannot let go of the camera without locking down the head.

However, the design of the RRS tilt head does actually allow it to be used ('off-label' so to speak) as a monogimbal! The clamp can rotate through 360º on the head, the intent is to allow you to change the orientation to use the head with a camera plate instead of the normal lens foot. The rotation locks with a small knob (that's the upgrade with the MH-02 vs the -01, the ability to change orientation without a hex key). By dropping the tilt head to the end of the 180º range so the clamp is vertical and loosening the locking knob for clamp orientation, the head becomes a side-mount gimbal just like the Wimberley. Not sure I'll actually use it that way – the orientation lock knob is small (not convenient to lock the lens in an orientation when used sideways like that), and I'm not really sure it's robust enough to be used in a way the head was clearly not designed (I emailed RRS support to ask).

Regardless, I just ordered the Wimberley one. It's not too expensive (less than I paid for the RRS monopod head over a decade ago) and I like the elegance of the monogimbal solution for regular monopod use.

Aren't you going to order a flagpole and flag?

 

[neuroanatomist]

Aren't you going to order a flagpole and flag?

Hard pass.