This is a short review of the cons and pros of a sidekick vs a full gimbal tripod head. Our local dealer (Cyberphoto) carries a few different brands of gimbal heads and although most have similar design my choice fell on Benros GH-A and GH-2.   As you can see the size difference is big. The GH-2 dwarfs the GH-A sidekick in comparison weighing in at 1.467 kg compared to the sidekicks 0.496 kg. That is almost 1 kg difference. It makes the...

It’s not very fun feeling tired with a sore throat, but I guess I have my self to blame since I held an education at the local sewage plant friday despite feeling I was catching a cold. So what to shoot when you don’t feel like going outside? Lego! let me introduce the Clone turbo tank =)   /Sven being bored!

Yesterdays photo session continued with a late evening trip to shoot northern lights. The activity level was high and it was spectacular to watch.     /Sven

Today I went out to our summer house, mainly to check if everything was in order, and to fix one of the duck birdhouses.   I really began longing for summer the short while I was there. The forest where full of life, birds chattering and singing, row deers on the ice and a fox scurrying to shelter. Most of all, no city sounds.     Snow made focusing a bit difficult and thus requiring a smaller aperture. All photos in this blog...

Lovund’s beautiful landscape and rich bird life makes it  at wonderful place to travel. Stay at Rorbu hotell and enjoy great service, food and views (www.lovund.net).