Jobu Design joins the PhotographyTalk.com family of vendors!
I'm a car nut and oddly enough the first thing that comes to mind with Jobu Design is the Ferrari of Gimbal heads! This company makes very high quality gimbal heads and accessories that suit both pro and amateur photographers alike. Take a look at the reviews on the companies products, nearly everyone talks about the craftsmanship and attention to detail, not to mention how smooth the movement is with one of these gimbal heads.
So PhotographyTalk... let's give these guys a nice warm welcome! Please visit and bookmark this site: www.jobu-design.com
Basic Buying Guide for gimbals:
A gimbal head balances your camera and lens at their natural centre of gravity. If you try to use a large telephoto lens and camera on a ballhead you have to fight the natural tendency of the equipment to want to tip over due to gravity. The ballhead will balance the lens only when the centre of gravity is directly vertical over the ballhead, as soon as it moves it will want to fall. Ballhead designers implement friction and all sorts of fancy elliptical gizmos to fight gravity. This is like using a screwdriver to hammer a nail. Wrong tool, wrong job.
A gimbal head balances your lens naturally. You can probably picture the way a large telescope is mounted. There is a reason for this, it works. Our gimbal heads use the same principle to make your lenses and cameras weightless. Tension control is not necessary because your camera and lens CANNOT flop over. You can move a 600mm F4 lens with one finger. Put yourself in the drivers seat and take a Jobu Design Gimbal Head for a spin, you will be like a machine gunner at the control!
We offer 3 sizes of gimbals. The PRO, Jr.3 series and the BWG series. The Jr.3, BWG LW2 and HD2 are available in either a top-mount or side-mount configuration -- Neither top or sidemount is BETTER than the other or STRONGER than the other, it is merely your CHOICE which you think would work better for you. The Pro only comes in Top mount style as it is much easier to load extra large lenses.
Both top and side mount work really well, there are advantages/disadvantages to using an Horizontal Mount (HM-1, or HM-J2). Advantages are: easier loading of lenses (esp. HEAVY lenses), adjustability of vertical balance, centering of lenses for panning. Disadvantages: cost, weight and potential for increased vibrations.
Size guide: Our gimbals fall into this range depending on your lenses: www.jobu-design.com/gimbals.html
Take a look at these Gimbals:
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We hope to serve you well in the upcoming years.
thanks,
Ian
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