The cast aluminum arm is tough, rigid and, best of all, extremely light! The whole complete gimbal head weighs only 1.3lbs!!! That is less than 1/2 the weight of our next lightest head, the BWG-LW. All parts are polished and anodized to give the smoothest operation and toughest clamping force -- with minimal effort. The knobs are very soft overmolded rubberized plastic, very easy to turn and easy on your hands.

This sidemount design is purposefully compact to allow it to fit into a small backpack with the rest of your equipment. The intended uses of this gimbal head are for small-medium telephoto lenses such as: 100-400mm f/4, 300mm F4, 70-200mm F2.8, 50-500mm, etc.

Yes, the Jr.2 is physically strong enough to hold a 300 F2.8 or a 500mm F4 although if these (or other large lenses) are your primary glass, we suggest you move up to the BWG-LW or HD as the size and stiffness of the bigger gimbal are a big improvement. The primary usage for this lightweight gimbal is to create a Lightweight Hiking/Travelling kit - so please do not underbuy, ask us if you are uncertain.

L-bracket upgrade converts the side-mount lens clamp to a top-mount (similar to our BWG-HD unit).

Advantages are:

• All lenses become perfectly centred over the panning axis
• Top-mount quick-release clamp allows one-handed loading of the lenses
• Vertical adjustability allows better balance when a tall flash bracket is used

Note: DOES NOT FIT JR.1 version

Easily installed with just 2 screws. Three placement options give you choices for making the best balance adjustments depending on your favourite lens use.