G'day all My Velbon CX540 tripod was originally bought as a stop gap measure, a gap that has now reached something like 20 years. The tripod is just passably steady if I use a camera and short zoom (and hang a bag of rocks off the bottom of it) but it's near useless with a telephoto lens attached.
Clearly, something has to be done and budget limitations notwithstanding, the time has come to upgrade. I'm looking at something like the Slik 500DX which can support about 5 kg and sells here for around $A180 with SH-705E Pan head. With the head, it weighs 2.5 kg, which is about 1 kg more than the Velbon. I've also looked at the Slik 700DX with PRO 700 DX head at around $A225 - it looks good but seems a bit heavy. Does anyone have any experience with these tripods or can anyone suggest any alternatives. Anyone familiar with the Velbon Sherpa range? Also, what are the pros and cons of ball heads versus pan heads? Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
