can you recommed this head or the equivalent with the pistol grip head for night lansdacape shots or astrophotography?
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the shots are better than the grip her head and movable fixed time allows a firm but gentle motion while
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I've got both. If you're on a budget, get this one, because it's a fluid head, which is great for video... And you can lock it down for long exposure photos.
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I know very little about astrophotography but I am reasonably sure you need to have an equatorial mount for your scope to accurately track objects for any amount of time. The next star 8 comes with the alt azimuth mount. I think you can buy the equatorial mount as an accessory. My guess would be less than a minute with your scope as is.
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263AGH comes with a GH-100 pistol grip ball head so you can rotate camera to needed positions.
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The head unscrews, like other tripod heads. I also have a pistol grip, but enjoy how small but capable this head is.
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I am not really sure since I only own the pistol grip head. I do know that it is a great piece of equipment and has dozens of position options for the pros. The only con I have is when you first begin to use the pistol, it was and still is a litlle stiff and does not ease into position. It has instructions not to lube it as it will get better with use. I do not use mine as often as I had planned. I hope this helps.
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Yes. The pistol grip is independent from the quick releases head and the portrait base, so no matter where the grip is, the camera can go to portrait with a simple squeeze. This mounting head is so versatile, it will even hold the camera in portrait in its inverted setting, at the base of the plunge tube of my particular tripod. Excellent for performing macro in the wild.
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Agreed that a tripod is essential for clear nightime pictures. I got some very good moon photos using Shutter Priority mode. The Night Landscape mode has also worked very well for nighttime shots.
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GH-100 Is The Pistol Grip Head That ComeS With The 263AGH. The 263AT Probably Cones With A Different Head Or No Head.
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I have a ballhead in addition to my tripod, and it works excellent. Yes, ballhead costs, but it is a good value for money even only for the one click to connect-disconnect. In addition the ballhead has a bubble level and you receive rotation in all axis for the camera having your tripod wrapped and fixed around anything.
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Yes. I am actually using a Manfrotto 324rc2 pistol grip head on mine. This tripod is light duty though. I might consider the next size up.
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No Problem The only thing you would need is a good tripod. I find that holding the 8250 Nikon by hand during the day looking at wild animals is one thing but at night looking at the moon or stars its a lot harder to keep steady. w
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best if you skip this type of head and look for arca swiss compatible. If you're using the F2.8 version might look into Smith-Victor BH5. Arca compatible and can handle large loads.
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No need for a ball head. Any tripod and tripod dolly with a stroboflip on top of grip. Great for studio work.
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I took some AMAZING picture on a virtually black night with just a little bit of moon. Be careful, though -- you need to use a tripod. Above 200 ISO the images are very noisy, and the image stabilization only works down to about 1/8 second. But with a good tripod you can go to a multiple second exposure.
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I believe it's Swiss Arca style but not Swiss Arca compatible, if that makes sense. The ballhead is detachable from the legs, though, so if I have a different plate on a camera, easy enough to detach the ballhead and screw on one of my Manfrotto heads. (3/8" mounting screw.) Still a pretty good head, and the tripod legs alone are worth the price for the light weight, compact size, and load capacity.
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I use it for my 60D, and it works like a champ. My speciality is night long exposure photos, and it rock solid. I've used it for video, but not with a special head, but it worked fine.
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I know your post is old compaired to my answer here but if you go to my webshots webpage you'll see some night shots I took with my Sony DSC-H2.http://community.webshots.com/user/Lenny56759