Posts belonging to Category 'Safari Equipment'
March 30, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
Safari & Travel Tripods Like most travel gear, the ideal safari and travel tripod needs to be as lightweight and as compact as possible. It also needs to be strong and sturdy enough to easily carry the weight of your camera without any movement or creeping. The best travel and safari tripods are also quick [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories, Tripods | 
Tags: Nivelo 245BK, Travel Tripod, Tripods, Vanguard, Vanguard Nivelo 245BK Tripod, Vanguard Tripods | 
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March 18, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
It is no secret that Vanguard’s Pistol Grip Ball heads are a big favourite of mine and I use the GH-100 more than any other tripod head and now that they have brought out an update to it with the new GH-200 Pistol Grip ball head, I was really tempted to get one as it [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories, Tripod Accessories | Tags: Ball Head, Tripod Head, Vanguard, Vanguard BBH, Vanguard BBH-200 | No Comments »
March 7, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
Every year I go on safari, I seem to take more and more electrical equipment: there is my camera, camcorder, laptop and mobile phone. On top of this, my wife has her camera, phone, Kindle and her MP3 player. All of which need to have their batteries charged during the holiday. If I was to [...]
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February 29, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
Ideal Safari Camera: Sony Cyber-shot HX200V The Sony Cyber-shot HX200V Superzoom camera was announced on the 28th February 2012 and looks to be an ideal camera to take on safari. The Sony HX200V has a high quality 30x optical zoom lens and is GPS-enabled. It’s crammed with desirable features like a 3.0-inch tilting LCD and [...]
Categories: Safari Cameras, Safari Equipment | Tags: Bridge Cameras, Safari Cameras, Sony, Sony Cyber-shot HX200V, Superzoom cameras | No Comments »
February 4, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
Having recently reviewed the excellent Benro GH2 Gimbal Head, which I really loved, I was keen to explore what Benro Tripods there were for a photographer going travelling on Safari. Benro Travel Tripods Looking at their product range, there is quite a large selection of Benro Travel Tripods to choose from, with their very successful [...]
Categories: Tripods | Tags: Benro, Benro Travel Angel 2 Tripod, Benro Tripods, Photography, Photography Accessories, Photography Equipment, Travel Tripod, Tripods | No Comments »
January 23, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
Press Release: New for 2012 is VANGUARD’s top-of-the-line, professional tripod ball head, BBH Series ball head for professional photographers delivers in all of the key areas – accuracy, precision, convenience and ease of use. No matter the camera’s position, its Rapid Level System enables photographers to guide their camera to be perfectly level with the [...]
Categories: Tripod Accessories, Tripods | Tags: Press Release, Tripod Head, Vanguard, Vanguard BBH | No Comments »
January 18, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
My usual equipment for wildlife photography includes the use of a superzoom bridge camera like the excellent Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR with a teleconverter lens like the Raynox DCR-2025PRO Super Telephoto Conversion Lens attached to it. One of the big advantages of this set-up is that it is small and light enough to get away with [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories, Tripods | Tags: Benro, Benro GH2 Gimbal Head, Gimbal Head, Photography Accessories, Photography Equipment, Tripod Head | No Comments »
January 14, 2012 | Posted by Safari Guide
A while ago I reviewed one of my favourite photography accessories, the Vanguard GH-100 Pistol Grip Ball Head, that really helps me to make sure that I don’t miss that once in a life time shot. Well due to it’s success, Vanguard have just announced that they are introducing a newer model, the GH-200 professional [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories | Tags: Tripods, Vanguard, Vanguard GH-100, Vanguard GH-200 | No Comments »
November 7, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
In my seemingly never ending quest to make it more comfortable and easier for me take wildlife photos whilst safari, I recently got the change to test the ICS Photography Belt & Harness System from Vanguard. Vanguard ICS Series The Vanguard ICS Series actually consists of a whole host of products including a photography belt, [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories | Tags: Photography Accessories, Photography Belt, Photography Equipment, Photography Harness, Vanguard, Vanguard ICS | No Comments »
August 12, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
I recently caught up with a couple of the guys from MINOX at the CLA Game Fair 2011 that was held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. We spoke a little about their range of binoculars, especially the ones that are ideal for taking on safari like the excellent Minox BL 8×33 Binoculars and their compact [...]
Categories: Safari Cameras, Safari Equipment | Tags: Minox, Minox DTC 500, Safari Cameras, Trail Camera | No Comments »
July 6, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
If like me, you enjoy photography, you probably have heard of or even use a Lowepro Camera Bag. But did you know that they now also produce a line a bags called the Lowepro Optics Range that is especially designed especially for birders and wildlife enthusiasts that often use binoculars or spotting scopes as as [...]
Categories: Binocular Accessories, Safari Equipment | Tags: Binocular Accessories, Binocular Bag, Camera Bag, Lowepro, Lowepro Field Station | No Comments »
