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Originally Posted by Tannin
Sorry for the really basic question, but what's the deal with fluid heads and long lenses? Currently I have a Manfrotto 501 fluid head on a Manfrotto 055 NAT III tripod. The tripod is OK, not great just OK, but I'll replace it with a carbon one before too long. I bought the 501 head for digiscoping, but these days I'm using 20Ds, a 100-400, and thte 500 f/4 arrived 20 minutes ago. (Joy!)
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Congrats - you are going to love your new lens! I got a gimbal type head at the same time as my 500 f4 - it makes life so much easier than a fluid pan and tilt, it is really as amazing as everyone says! I did try to continue with my 055 tripod, but soon gave up and got a Gitso 1325 tripod which is more rigid than but similar in weight to the 055.
Although the cost of the Wimberley and Gitso was wallet breaking, I decided that having spent on a 500 f4, not giving it good support was daft!
Cheers Mark.