I bought it to use with a 200-600mm lens. I upgraded my tripod and decided to get a stabilizer. I mainly do landscape photography, but I was drawn to the smooth pan and up/down movements, plus the device looked like you could perfectly balance your settings on it. First, it's big and expensive. Well built and constructed. However, I have found that balancing my lens/camera requires turning friction knobs such as a ball head. Balancing was frustrating and I couldn't get the balance together with