Posts belonging to Category 'Safari Cameras'
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 »
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 »
June 13, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
I don’t pretend that I know everything about bird and wildlife photography, far from it. But as an enthusiastic amateur and as someone who has spent a lot of time in the African bush taking both wildlife and bird photos, I think at least some of my experience should be useful to those looking to [...]
Categories: African Birds, Safari Cameras, Safari Equipment, Tripods | Tags: African Birds, Bird Photography, Birds, Photography, Photography Equipment, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Photography Tips | No Comments »
April 5, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
I am currently preparing to go on safari and for me part of the fun is deciding and choosing what shiny new toys I am going to be taking with me. After my binoculars, my next most important piece of safari equipment is my camera (You can see exactly what I am taking here: What [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories, Safari Equipment | Tags: Camera Backpack, Camera Bag, Photography Equipment, Vanguard, Vanguard Bag, Vanguard Camera Bag, Vanguard Skyborne 45 | No Comments »
March 31, 2011 | Posted by Safari Guide
A good tripod head is far more than just a “support” for your camera and getting the right head for your equipment as well as your particular needs is very important. Get one that is not robust enough to carry you camera’s weight and it will drive you mad by continuously sagging as you are [...]
Categories: Camera Accessories, Safari Equipment | Tags: GH-100, Pistol Grip Ball Head, Tripods, Vanguard, Vanguard GH-200, Vanguard Tripods | No Comments »
