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runakid wrote:
I did not, as yet, order the Kirk foot. Can I have some help from those who did the switch and are happy or unhappy with the change. Just wondering why you felt the upgrade was necessary. No rush on the possible replacement.
Took long enough to get these images up
I spotted the Kirk foot on Steve Perry's desktop while watching one of his videos. I had been wanting a very large foot for some time.
This serves as a very nice handle......My glove size is XL and this handle is generous in size, there are 2 Swiss Arca grooves already tooled into the foot. Everything about it is high quality.
I have a SideKick type gimbal and after using it for about 2 years I think I am going to replace it with a standard gimbal or fluid head. Why? When I got the Kirk foot the one thing I did not like about it was that the lens did not rotate very smoothly. So I called Kirk Enterprises and they gladly got a replacement to me right after I returned the original one to them. As you might expect, they are nice to work with.
Anyway, after I used the replacement for awhile I came to the conclusion that I would just live with this less than real smooth rotation.
Then I realized it was caused by the side mounted gimbal. The pressure or weight from the lens/body was not going down through the foot but rather putting a force on it at a right angle....causing the collar to somewhat bind. I experimented and discovered the rotation was quite smooth enough when I rotated the entire assembly so that the weight of the lens/body was passing downward onto the base of the foot.
It is expensive but it holds up expensive equipment.
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