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I’ve often been quite annoyed by my tripod ball heads—especially when framing photos using heavy telephoto lenses, or when I’m down on my knees in the forest shooting macro photography of glowing mushrooms. Why? Because they can be a real pain to balance, level, and frame perfectly.
That’s all history now, since I started using the TH15 Geared Tripod Head. Yes, it sounds very Transformers-like—and honestly, it kind of looks like it too 😅
It is a bit bulky and not exactly lightweight—but it gets the job done better than anything I’ve used before. My camera has never felt this sturdy and stable 📸
The benefits, especially as a timelapse photographer? Far fewer blurry frames. And with a load capacity of up to 6 kg, it handles my Canon R5 and 600mm lens without breaking a sweat 💪
As you know, I only work with brands and products I genuinely use and believe in—and this is definitely one of them. I also noticed they’re currently running a 10% spring promo on www.neewer.com
, so this might be your chance if you’re considering an upgrade 😉
16/02/2026
新年快樂 ~ 恭喜發財 🇹🇼 🐴 🎊 🏮 Happy Lunar New Year! The fireworks are heard through the windows as I write this, and one of the larger temples near me had a huge queue of people, all waiting to race to be the first to enter the temple at midnight. Meanwhile, I am working as usual, to me, this is just another working day, and Europe doesn't sleep in IT business. For the last few months my working days has been around 12-15 hours with almost no time or energy to do anything else, especially not timelapse photography. Those who follow the IT channel a bit, probably will know why - the super cycle of memory and storage demand and pricing has sky rocketed since September 2025, keeping me insanely busy. That aside, I did get to do a few tinelapses, one being a stunning sunset a couple of weeks ago in Kaohsiung (the first few photos of this post) , and then a few shots around Taipei area as well. One of the photos shows me how most of my day is spend though - infront of two screens tapping the keyboard working non stop 💻 - Wishing you all a healthy, happy and fabulous new year of the horse 🐴🇹🇼 🎊 🏮
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06/01/2026
One of the scenes in the new VLOG takes place around the famous Grand Hotel here in Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼 Originally I planned to shoot a sunset around the Marthyrs Shrine nearby, but didn't realize, that they actually close the front gates at a fixed time every day - so I rushed to pack down all my gear, and headed up to the Grand Hotel to shoot my plan B. The view of Taipei from up there is really beautiful 😍 Check out my results of this scene and many other beautiful Taipei locations in my latest VLOG. Link in the first comment 👇👇🙂
02/01/2026
How do you like these views of Raohe Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)? Raohe is a historic, vibrant street market in Taipei's Songshan District, famous for its incredible Taiwanese street food. If you wonder why I suddenly changed clothes, it's simply because I had to shoot the same scene multiple times on different days to get the shots I wanted. As the behind-the-scenes photos reveal, I am even multitasking, working on the laptop while also keeping an eye on controlling the camera from my phone or tablet. I believe this is the first time someone did so many full day-to-night timelapses of Raohe. To watch the actual timelapses, jump over to YouTube and watch the latest VLOG (channel: FIRSTLAPSE) 🔔✅
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