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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Toby on 20 August 2012, 18:35
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not to expencive, not to cheap.
Any recomendations!
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I have a Velbon tripod which has served me well. Plenty on ebay and not to expensive!
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Not to bad price wise!!
Watching a few!
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Red snapper
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Have a look on mpb photographic. They have second hand stuff that is decent, i bought a manfrotto tripod plus manfrotto ball head for 90 quid new they are over 200.
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I have a Manfrotto 055XPROB with the following heads;
808RC4 (3 way)
496RC2 (Ballhead)
303SPH (Multi-row pano)
If you've only going to buy one head then a ball head is probably the best bet, very flexible but generally doesn't off the precision / fine tuning of a 3 way
You should be able to find deals on the Manfrotto + head deals.
Redsnapper are a very good value alternative
Have a read through http://www.bythom.com/support.htm and consider if it's worth paying the extra for something that you can grow with.
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i have the same manfrotto tripod as ridg but with a ball head only... its a very good and very sturdy tripod... if a little heavy
i wish i had gone for the carbon fibre option
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If your budget is a bit smaller, you could go for a compact Manfrotto for £40:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS)
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If your budget is a bit smaller, you could go for a compact Manfrotto for £40:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS)
with a weight limit of 1.5Kg you're limited to entry level bodies and the smaller lenses so depends what you're shooting with.
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If your budget is a bit smaller, you could go for a compact Manfrotto for £40:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS)
I bought a similar one (H01 instead of P02) as a spur-of-the-moment purchase from Argos (was supposed to buy one in advance but forgot).
Positives: very light - feels lighter than my G12 camera; portable - can shove it in my backpack; easy to se up and use - takes seconds to set up; comfort - the handle is comfortable
Negatives: the ball joint means it's impossible to get the camera absolutely level; it's not easy to keep the camera horizontal when panning
If it simply had a couple of spirit levels built in, I'd have been happy. I'm looking at buying one of those spirit-level cubes that fit into the hotshoe of the camera.
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Just won a velbon cx 200 for £9.99 posted!
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If your budget is a bit smaller, you could go for a compact Manfrotto for £40:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-MKC3-P02-Compact-Photo-Kit/dp/B0049SVU26/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=IFHX74AZZXGB&coliid=I52L9LEHXMKHS)
with a weight limit of 1.5Kg you're limited to entry level bodies and the smaller lenses so depends what you're shooting with.
My Alpha 350 with Sigma EX 28-70 f2.8 lens (which is my walkabout lens) weighs about 1.3kg and even my longer zoom doesn't weigh much more. I could probably even get away with adding a flash.
My brother has this tripod and has used it with his Canon 7D with both a Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS USM and a Sigma 10-20mm.
So it can put up with a decent sized camera.
Fair enough if you're gonna put on a long/heavy lens or do lots of panning, you might want something different, but they're good small tripods from a good manufacturer.