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Mounting camera for landscapes on a gimbal head

February 4, 2022 • Gear Talk

I often travel with two tripods.  One is my larger RRS TFC 3 with a large gimbal head; the other is my Ascend -14L with head built into the tripod column.  But sometimes while using my telephoto lens on my gimbal head I want mount my landscape camera onto the tripod.  If I attached the camera using the base plate, the camera would be aimed to the side, not forward so I could look through the viewfinder.

But there is a simple solution to this problem; the Wimberley M-8 tripod head.  Take a look at this bracket above.  You attach this to your existing baseplate or L bracket, which then allows you to mount your camera onto a gimbal head…but pointed the right way.  The plate uses the same Acra-Swiss groove style that all the RRS gear uses.

At the top of this post is the camera mounted using the M-8 adapter.  With this in your pack, you don’t have to bring a second head or tripod for landscape images, just attach the M-8 to your camera and you can use your gimbal head. Cool!

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