Richard Peters: Wildlife Photography blog
Wildlife photography, shooting tips, videos, equipment reviews, location diaries and more!
Have you heard about or suffered from the loose base plate issue with Gitzo Systematic tripods? No…? Excellent! If, however, you are one of the few who have or are worried about it, Naturescapes.net have come up with this exclusive safety plate to solve the problem. It’s engineered beautifully and is very discrete and light [...]
Whether you’re a medium/large format photographer, a big lens shooter using lenses like a 600mm f4, 800 f5.6, Sigma 300-800 zoom or just after a solid base for landscapes and macro, one thing is certain – you need very sturdy support. Enter Gitzos mighty GT5541LS, or as they like to call it ‘The strongest and most accurate tripod in the world”… Share
My monopod was in major need of upgrading so, when I had another trip to Florida just a week away, I decided to take the plunge and go with a nice new carbon fibre Gitzo 3551 to take along – as I was taking my 200-400 this time, my main monopod lens! I’ve never had [...]
