Gitzo Gimbal Fluid Head

after years birding, I am start looking for light setup and also suitable for Tropical rain forest environment …

we normally shooting in the dense environment , so low light, high ISO , low shutter speed are terms we always talk and trying to resolve ..

this new Gitzo fluid Gimbal head definite a light setup , and support for most the heavy setup light 400mm F2.8, 500mm F4, 600mm F4 … and etc . support is one concern but whats the success rate of shooting at comfortable shutter speed eg in Malaysia Rain Forest I always shooting 1/30 , ISO 1600-3200 at F4  .. if I always trying to get something can give me high success rate 1/30-1/60

my tests are simply practical , I swing the gimbal without lock and shoot with M mode, Fit aperture 4,7.1,8.0 but with 1/10,1/30, 1/40,/50,1/60,1/100 … with birds that move non stop …

 

 

*** no full lock of the head, just swing and press shutter , M mode fix shutter speed and Aperture but AUTO ISO , fast burst mode without remote cable

1/50 [ 5/7 in focus and no shake]

1/40 [3/7 shots without shake]

 

1/80 [ 6/6 all no shake]

1/30 [1/3 no shake]

1/30 [3/5 no shake]

 

1/60 [7/9 no shake]

 

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endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Feb 21-25 – KRAU – Bukit Tinggi – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur

we “endemlaiscguides.com” having Belgium guest for target birds watching, from Kuala Lumpur – KRAU forest – Bukit Tinggi – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur

for the 5 days 4 nights birds watching , from secondary forest to highland back to botanical Garden … we only concentrate on guest targets birds and managed to record  172 species. and for some good opportunity. from

Day 1 – KRAU : we have some good morning with many low land targets meet except a “mysterious”  Black & Yellow Broadbill and Banded Pitta… Star Bird of the day we have Rail-Babbler , Garnet Pitta which stay long snough for us , Little Green-Pigeon , Rufous-collared Kingfisher (real close with good view), Banded Kingfisher (found almost end of the day and long view but little far up with scope) & Rhinoceros Hornbill  (with beautiful lighting view)

Day 2 – Bukit Tinggi : target for the Mountain Peacock-Pheasant and both male and female show in the early morning … follow by Malaysian Rail-babbler giving a good running view. than we have a bad day without any more target in almost late morning till 3pm … finally when we say while we dint see Whiskered Treeswift …. it calling when we are driving for some target birds and we make a stop and found this fruiting tree give us another few target included Scaly-breasted Bulbul , Red-throated Sunbird, Spectacled Spiderhunter , Yellow-eared Spiderhunter  etc

Day 3 – KRAU-Fraser : we were going back to KRAU for trogon and we had ZERO trogon so far ..and again we also look for other lowland target … in the morning we managed to have Banded Pitta (Malayan) [head view]and than follow by first target trogon – Scarlet-rumped Trogon … and we called it a Woodpecker day as most the target woodpeckers just appear infront of us without big effort Checker-throated Woodpecker , Crimson-winged Woodpecker , Bamboo Woodpecker , Orange-backed Woodpecker .

Day 4 – Fraser Hill : not many target birds here and we only looking for those “no so common” birds here … so we have slow day … but still we have very easy view of 2 Marbled Wren-Babbler which make our day .. but we still failed to have one Partridge calling … and missed few Rusty-naped Pitta … but Siberian Thrush giving good view to us which we really enjoy to see they happy feeding around

Day 5 – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur : not really a productive day again as we only target on the main target due to limited time , we managed to get close to Mountain Scops-Owl and have a moving and some blur picture of Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian) . when we leaving back to Kuala Lumpur it is very windy and tree fall down and block our way back … by waiting of 30 min the road been clear .

as long as we reach Kuala Lumpur – Shah Alam : very quick one we had 2 target meet : Gray-breasted Spiderhunter & Hooded pitta (2 individual saw also)

 

I managed rush back to car for few occasions and handheld to capture some birds pictures to share…

a never bore cute bird - Black and Yellow Broadbill is one of the Target and it just flew ni while we spending our good time with a fruiting tree - Black-and-yellow Broadbill 黑黄阔嘴鸟
a never bore cute bird – Black and Yellow Broadbill is one of the Target and it just flew ni while we spending our good time with a fruiting tree – Black-and-yellow Broadbill 黑黄阔嘴鸟

 

found few fruiting tree with this beautiful Bulbul - Scaly-breasted Bulbul 鳞胸鹎
found few fruiting tree with this beautiful Bulbul – Scaly-breasted Bulbul 鳞胸鹎

 

the Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot also join the fruiting tree - Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 短尾鹦鹉
the Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot also join the fruiting tree – Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 短尾鹦鹉

 

another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female - Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟
another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female – Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟

 

another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female - Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟
another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female – Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟

 

a bird never get bore , few pairs of them around .. Red-bearded Bee-eater 赤须夜蜂虎
a bird never get bore , few pairs of them around ..
Red-bearded Bee-eater 赤须夜蜂虎

 

another bird , easy ... just spent 5-10 min found this and managed to go back car and grab camera for this .. in single day found 2 individual birds - Marbled Wren-Babbler 石纹鹪鹛
another bird , easy … just spent 5-10 min found this and managed to go back car and grab camera for this .. in single day found 2 individual birds – Marbled Wren-Babbler 石纹鹪鹛

 

a bird we spent a lot of time for ... calling non stop .. managed to see it movement and some blur shot handhled - Gray-breasted/ Malaysia Hill Partridge (Malaysian) 砍氏山鹧􅏾
a bird we spent a lot of time for … calling non stop .. managed to see it movement and some blur shot handhled – Gray-breasted/ Malaysia Hill Partridge (Malaysian) 砍氏山鹧􅏾

 

a bird make a lot of noise when we driving back - Rufescent Prinia 暗冕山鹪莺
a bird make a lot of noise when we driving back – Rufescent Prinia 暗冕山鹪莺

 

in summary

Total 174 species saw
Star birds

Banded Pitta
Malayan Rail-Babbler
Garnet Pitta
Yellow Vented Pigeon
Bamboo Woodpecker
Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian)
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Marbled Wren-Babbler

 

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Quality Birding Hide – www.liewwkphoto.com

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I am using Taiwan design hide for years , and I loving it due to the Ventilation is good even without expose us (open the center opening for better ventilation) …

without open the center opening big we still look outside the hide and with better Ventilation

(look 1st picture below, from outside view into the hide is camo as well )

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(opening can open or close for better view and Ventilation )

 

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(from inside view outside)

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**** Extra layer for water/rain resistant (tested can withstand ~5 min of heavy rain ~20min of drizzling.

**** also come with ground layer so we can put our gears on the ground without dirty, scratch easily … also prevent leeches direct onto our leg/body.

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some unofficial dimension , just estimate measure

Folder Diameter – 45-50cm

Folder thickness 8-10cm

Open Height 130cm

Bottom Long x width  120cmx120cm

Upside Longx width 46cmx46cm

1 x door can close with zip

3 sides with 1 shooting arm, 1 observer window, 1 ventilation window (bottom)

 

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My Gear – Cartoni HD Focus (Fluid head for Bird Photography)

Cartoni FOCUS HD with Canon 500mm F4 and 1dx
Cartoni FOCUS HD with Canon 500mm F4 and 1dx

Cartoni HD, fluid head with good fiction/fluid control .. it can handling tele focus lenses like 300/400/500/600/800 well just as show video below 

 

Specification

Payload capacity

150 mm (6′)

100 mm (4′)

 

10  kg (22 lbs)

12 kg (26lbs)

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Weight
2 kg (4,4lbs)
Pan range (°) 360°
Tilt range (°) +/-90°
Counterbalance Continuous
Fluid drag Continuous
Bowl diameter 100 mm
Temp. range -40°/+60°C(-40°/+158°F)

this add on another fluid for sale under post

Looking for accessories – Big Lenses 300,400,500,600, 800 mm

you may contact me for this fantastic head with accessories for bird photography e.g. Body-Len shake reduce system, long QR plate for better balancing and Len-QR Plate shake reduce system.

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