a couple of days ago i read about the gimbal head on ugly hedgehog. went to my favorite camera store (hunts photo and video in melrose mass) they had an Induro GHB2 and the tag said $485. The salesman(they all are professional photographers or students majoring in photography or most of them are) was very knowledgeable and then he said they had an overstock and the price was reduced to under $300. anyways i bought it and used it to try out the panorama on LR 6. they came out wonderfully clear. i used my mark lll and 28-300 L lens. then i just experimented with single shots. the benro tripod, the GHB2, the mark lll and the big lens are heavy, but i feel found a tool that will improve my photos, so i don't care about the weight. so thanks for discussing a topic i knew nothing about and then you discussed the Camranger, i love it and etc etc turning 70 in June and have time to explore this art form called photography- and the GAS thing is also my disease.