01 Deville Right Rear View Mirror Assembly

These radios are amazing. Installed in my Jeep above my rear view mirror and I am stoked about it. It’s small enough to not be in the way but is great for communicating with fellow Jeep’s. I used the ghost antenna so that it didn’t get wiped out by limbs on the trail. I’m thinking of purchasing the 6db antenna to help increase my range. I feel you can’t go wrong with this radio! Will be purchasing another for my sons Jeep.

I bought this instead of purchasing the Nodal Slide that came with the Really Right Stuff PG-01 pano unit. It saved me about $80 and except for the label I can't see there would be any difference between this Nodal Slide and the RRS unit.

The fit-and-finish is top-notch. Strong yet light with legs that are independently adjustable for any surface. Matches well with a Really Right Stuff BH-25 LR ball head or any iPhone grip clamp. The legs are even better than the Really Right Stuff TFA-01, although not as compact. I take this and the TFA-01 on all photo trips.

In the mid-1980s I bought a Nikon 7.5mm f5.6 circular fisheye. Being an older design (1966) its rear elements protruded into the mirror box. Fortunately my F3 had a hard physical mirror lockup. The external viewfinder for this lens attached to the camera on the original Nikon F/F2’s proprietary flash shoe. I was able to buy an AS-3 flash adapter for the F3. With the F3s mirror locked up I also had to use an hand-held light meter. With amazing depth of foield focusing was never an issue. The old zoom lens had six filters on a wheel. One was a skylight and the other five were strongly colored for B&W film. While I liked the circular results, using the lens was a hassle. I often had my shoes or forehead in the picture. On a sunny day, my images suffered from solar flares. My new Nikon 8-15mm AF-S fisheye has none of those old problems. It fits on my DSLRs without any problem. It doesn’t need an external finder or separate light meter. At the 8mm setting (and lens hood off) I get a circular image very much like the vintage fisheye. The new lens is faster and focusable. Like my 14mm f2.8 Nikkor, this zoom uses gel filters inserted in the rear of the lens. I really don’t like this arrangement. This fisheye is similar in weight and size to the 14mm lens. I am also not fond of the electronic aperture control first seen on G lenses. Without an aperture ring one cannot use this zoom on older cameras. At the longer end of the zoom range (12-15mm) the image fills the (FX) frame and lens hood stays out of the way. This image is similar to my inexpensive Bower (Samyang?) 8mm fisheye with its fixed lens hood (and DX coverage). So far I haven’t used my new lens much but I think I will like it.

Attaching the Really Right Stuff Monopod Head to a Gitzo Carbon Monopod Series 4(RRS didnt offer a monopod) and using the DOCZ Foot Stabilizer allowed me to preform mirror up shots on the Nikon D810. Using the cable release will give you quality landscape images in areas where tripods a prohibited in certain public gardens. This combination gave me much better images than hand holding the camera. I was impressed in how quick the vibrations were dampened to allow the mirror up shots. Thanks to B&H for providing the greatest of products and services at a competitive price.

This rack is exactly what I expected and what I needed. Easy to assemble and pretty well built. Not fancy, but looks good. I would not call this heavy duty by any stretch of the imagination, but it does seem robust enough for fairly heavy equipment (it seems a bit flimsy during the assembly process, but once it is all together it is pretty strong and rigid). This rack has usable rails on both the front and back -- excellent for a number of reasons such mounting heavy equipment with rear attachment points, mounting rear facing patch panels, or making the rack double-sided, provided the gear is not too deep and doesn't run too warm). I like the fact that the rack can be setup as metric or imperial threads (as others have noted, pay attention during assembly to ensure that you have the desired threads facing outward; it would be possible to have metric on the front, imperial on the rear (or vice versa), but this could be confusing). Includes a full set of screws for both the metric and imperial threads and the blank panel.

Fits exactly to my harness and attached directly to the bottom of my Really Right Stuff Lens foot assembly for my Sony FE 200-600mm lens. It's nice and snug. When I'm ready to unhook it - no problem. Push and go. Well worth it!

This works well as a head strap but it also works if you want to use it to wrap around something that may be easily scratched. This could mean the side view mirror of a car or maybe just to wrap around your pet. Over all, this product is one to have handy.

This rear cam is small enough to not interfere with your view out your back window. The picture quality is great!!!

It just arrived today...the rugged build reminds me of my 1970 Cadillac Coupe Deville. Lets see how it performs...