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How does the Jobu BWG-Pro gimbal head compare with the similarly designed Wimberly, anyone read a comaprison review, tried both?
Not tried the Jobo, but can highly recommend the wimberley.
Having looked at Will's review here it looks a bit like a combination between the old kirk gimbal and the wimberley.
Looking at the price it is not that much cheaper than the wimberley. If you want to save money (not something you specifically asked, but others may) quite a few people use the sidekick as an alternative which works out cheaper if you already have a suitable ball-head to mount it on. No good for a 600mm though.
The older design Jobu black widow used to be much cheaper. There is also the Neilsen (I think) which allows two camera to be mounted at the same time. Saw someone using one and it has it's place, but of course a tripod with two cameras and two lenses is very heavy to move to a new location.
The wimberley is well engineered and will probably outlast you and your kit. I would personally steer clear of the copies made in china and the likes as I have heard some horror stories from people.
For anyone looking for a really cheap alternative the manfrotto 393 is a completely under advertised bit of kit. I don't know why but the manfrotto specs and images in use just don't do justice to the products capability.
Quote: For anyone looking for a really cheap alternative the manfrotto 393 is a completely under advertised bit of kit. I don't know why but the manfrotto specs and images in use just don't do justice to the products capability.
I totally echo Cheryl's words 
The image displayed for this particular head shows the camera mounted underneath with the head swung around to 180 degrees.see here This is just the opposite of the way to use it.
Imagine the inner top half swung down so it sits in the bottom half
It is hard to describe how to use it, but it is an excellent piece of kit for the price.
I operate it with my left hand only, while the other hand holds my cable release.
Handy when its cold and the hands are gloved up
Adrian
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