Thanks Artie.
Now to get me a mongoose for my 100-400 mk 2. I’ve been looking but there doesn’t seem to be a new Zealand supplier.
As always, Love D

The M3.6 is perfect for the 100-400 II. BAA is the NZ supplier. We have shipped them to both NZ and Australia. Shoot Jim an e-mail to learn the shipping options and costs. artie

You should always strive to have the tripod platform relatively square to the world. As long as it is not cockeyed, you will be fine. If it is quite a bit off kilter, you can learn to get it pretty level by shortening or lengthening the legs as needed. Or, you can rotate the lens in the barrel if need be to get perfectly square (using the in-camera level on the new cameras or a bubble level as we did for years before that). As I am always pointing my shadow at the subject (at least on sunny days) that is not too tough to do.

If you need to get perfectly level as when you are gonna be shooting flight without moving the tripod for a half hour, take a minute to plant the tripod firmly and then adjust the leg lengths until the floating bubble is centered in the scribed bubble. With a bit of practice it becomes easy. I can level the head perfectly by adjusting the leg more quickly than most folks can with a leveling base. Only I do not get to carry around the extra pound or two or deal with the cumbersome design…

Yes on correct carrying of the tripod. Not sure that I ever posted a photo of that. Glad that you liked the Dunlin image. Me too. later and love, artie