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 principal 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 2 sizes of gimbals. The Jr.2 series and the BWG series. Both 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.
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:
Small telephoto: 70-200 F2.8/4, 300mm F4, 100-400mm. Choose: Jobu Jr.2
Medium telephoto: 300mm F2.8, 50-500mm, 500mm F4 Choose: BWG-LW or JR2+HMJ2
Large telephoto: 400mm F2.8, 600mm F4 Choose: BWG-HD
Telescope application with Digiscope mount? 1000-5000mm... coming soon....
Please note our gimbals do not come with a lensplate unless otherwise specified in a kit. Most users buy a Surefoot Regular lensplate for all lenses except 500mm F4, 400mm F2.8 or 600mm F4, in those cases choose the Surefoot Grande (these lenses have an additional beefy 3/8" mounting screw).
Lightweight, sidemount version of our popular BWG gimbal head. Optimal size for up to 300mm F2.8 or 500mm F4 lenses. Most popular use: 70-200 F2.8, 300mm F4, 100-400mm lenses.
The Jobu Design BWG-J2 Jobu Jr. is a compact-size gimbal head that puts the user in full control of his shooting experience. Kit includes the L-bracket upgrade for the Jobu Jr. 2 which converts the side-mount lens clamp design to a top-mount.
Coming Soon! BWG-Pro for ultra-telephoto lens shooters.
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Please note our gimbals do not come with a lensplate unless otherwise specified in a kit. Most users buy a Surefoot Regular lensplate for all lenses except 500mm F4, 400mm F2.8 or 600mm F4, in those cases choose the Surefoot Grande (these lenses have an additional beefy 3/8" mounting screw). Smaller lenses in the F4 range generally fit the Surefoot Short (3.5" plate).
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