Would this mount work for fast panning and zoom like at a football game or sporting event? I keep my hand on the camcorder to operate the zoom.
838855
No puedes tocar la cámara, para lo que quieres hacer necesitas un steady profesional y muy costoso, aun así nunca se usa el zoom y los paneos son siguiendo objetos en movimiento sin excesiva rapidez.You can not touch the camera, for what you do need a steady professional and very expensive, yet never zooming and panning are following moving objects without too quickly
838856
I found that, when I touch the camera to zoom, it wobbles and moves. So for I found it easier to use the remote that came for my camera for zooming. Panning I place my thumb on the bottom of the camera and pan the camera. There are a couple videos on YouTube that show how to do that. Hope this helps.
838857
For zooming, I don't think so. This requires you to keep one hand on the handle and the other on the part that the handle goes into. (none of the photos show the 2 handed operation necessary for this device)
838858
It would, however, the benefits of the Hague would be lost because you would have your hand on the cam. If you got enough practice, I would assume the results would be satisfactory. Hope this helps. I love mine, but I just use it to "float" behind my child at amusement parks.
1199007
I wouldn't recommend it. It degrades the quality so much. You should be totally fine at 200mm on a crop sensor for football, there's really no reason for the extra reach. I cover SEC football games with a 300mm on a full frame body and that produces really great results. If you need extra reach, you have 24 megapixels to crop with. Hope this helps!
2173993
That's pretty much the point of this lens - sports. Fast focus and f/2.8 should allow a fast enough shutter speed to capture action in most situations.
348554
Yes, this mount would work perfect for both activities. I personally think its the most versitile mount for the gopro. Maybe order 2 of them so you can take the neck piece off one and attach it to the other for a longer neck.
316535
If you are only looking for tilt head only it should work fine. You may be better off with a ball head that will tilt and pan right and left. I use this Oben on my monopod w/ a tele lens for shooting sports and have been very happy with it.
1177961
It has a standard male threaded stud (1/4-20 I think) and a fixed (not spring loaded) indexing nub. If your camcorder has the standard female threaded hole for mounting on a tri-pod and the hole or recess for the indexing nub then the only problem would be the two raised finger tabs used to release the mount from the receivers. The base of the action cam that it was designed for is narrow and short and the tabs don't interfere with it. If you ground the tabs down it should work but I wouldn't expect it to handle too many g's. I don't think it was designed to handle something with much more mass than the action cam it was made for.
2231212
yes it should. This is not that great of a follow focus or zoom control. There's another one very similar to this one, but about $4 cheaper.
372478
if you need to hold something that is pretty heavy. I use it for a telescope. it would be silly for a point and shot camera. I would think it would work really well for a SLR with Zoom.
1138815
Yes, the zoom and picture quality are great features to have when shooting sports photography. It also has a feature where the camera anticipates the photograph to eliminate blur. I've used it for basketball and bowling (in low-light conditions) and it works great.
62148
Yes. However I find that it works better on a small zoom to give more flexibility of the range of focus. It will work for sure.
878218
For my application it has worked well. I am a firefighter and use it on Technical Rescue drills. This involves a lot of movement in all weather conditions. The base that this mounts to is probably the weak link if it were to fail. The one I installed seems to very secure and I feel confident that it will hold for normal use. I cannot attest to having the camera impacted by objects since that has not happened to me as of yet. The best answer that I could give is that if the attachment is as secure on my bike helmet as it is on my TRT helmet I would not hesitate to use it and any rides.
1713773
ABSOLUTELY...you'll have to mount it on something though. It's not really meant for holding, though I guess you could. This is great for hands free videoing.
38173
I have used mine to take photos of storms never racing but if you extend the arm I think it may place more pressure on mount and may become loose but not sure. Good luck �
119806
1. In general, no. It MAY work with some high-end camcorders with LAN-C controls. 2. What "pan feature"? It has a normal 3-way head. You control the pan and tilt with the handle, so it moves as fast as you move the handle. 3. There is little or no noise while the head is moved.
160795
wow, thanks, first I heard about the focus. So if I'm filming soccer coming towards me, the action will be out of focus at the other end of the field?
1297502
This camera has a very cheap ball mount. It pivots around but it's not great. The camera itself works amazingly well though. You may need to position it and use some tape to keep it at the exact spot you want.
1473675
I have not tried that but I think it'll be OK. Once it's tightened up, it is approximately as strong as the regular GoPro mounts.Consider this: The friction surface area between the ball and the shell is about as big as the friction surface area in a regular GoPro mount connector.