SIRUI PH-Series Carbon Fiber Gimbal Head (PH-10)

Excellent! Light, durable, very functional.

Wow. Really nice product. Movement is buttery smooth and knobs turn nicely. Really well made and the packaging was exceptional. I returned the K&F version and bought this instead. Very happy.

This is a rugged gimbal that easily manages my Sony a6700 with a Sony 200-600mm lens. The gimbal allows me to easily locate and track birds in flight for photos and videos. The large knobs make it easy to lock in the gimbal even when wearing thick gloves. Highly recommend this product.

It's one of the lightest gimbals you can buy. Well made and stable. Very smooth action too. I chose it because it looked very compact, and it is. But I discovered that there is a possible disadvantage to this compact design. That is that it won't aim as low as some larger gimbals.A ball-head, with the stud horizontal, functions like a gimbal and has the advantage that it can aim straight up or straight down. They are inexpensive, lightweight, stable and compact. If you haven't tried that, you should before buying a gimbal. It mounts the camera in portrait orientation, but with an added "L" bracket you can mount the camera in landscape orientation.

This gamble has excellent quality, is light weight, sturdy, and smooth when moving.

I'm using this gimbal (PH-10) with my Sony a7iii and Sony 200-600 lens. I have the Sony GPX1EM Grip Extension attached the camera body for a more comfortable grip, and this adds a little weight on the back end. I'm able to balance the combination almost perfectly. When you're at the extremes: pointing the lens down (forward) or up (backword), there's a little tendency to continue rotating in that direction when you let go of the camera. This is because the lens mount on the 200-600 is just slightly too tall and puts the vertical center of mass a few millimeters too high...even at the lowest vertical setting on the gimbal. A little bit of tension on the gimbal's upper knob stops this, while still allowing free range of motion. This could probably be fixed by replacing the lens foot with a shorter one...if only Sony made their feet arca-swiss compatible, everyone would be happy.

The stopping knob that locks the rotation no longer works. I can lock it from rotating or remove it from my tripod. I need support but the company keeps sending me away to other email addresses. I first contacted to company directly then they said to contact an Amazon support email then they said I need to contact Video Camera Center which was the seller on Amazon. They haven’t got back to me so I decided to leave this review. Hopefully they solve the problem. But I think the company directly should have fixed this without going through 3 different tech support options.For the record, I did really like how compact and light this gimbal was. Hopefully I can get it fixed or a replacement.

Sending it back for return. It is SO NICELY MADE. LIGHT... all the reasons I bought this one (along with it's low price). But there is no tension between loose and locked. I need some friction to keep it smooth and slow. So returning it and spending over 600.00 on the highest rated... it will be HEAVY, it's not carbon fiber = ( but IT DOES THE JOB from what I read/see.If I wanted a show piece THIS IS IT. If you want a wildlife gimbal for stills and video with slow smooth friction drag. THIS ISN'T THE ONE FOR YOU.UPDATE: the wimberley arrived and is worth the extra money. Not as pretty, not as light, not as low priced but FLUID AND SMOOTH. Glad I made the jump.