Hey Brian, I bought a Velbon Sherpa 250R a year or two back - this one:
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod3392.htm I haven't used it alot, but I'm quite happy with the performance its given me. Mind you, I'm not putting humungous lenses on it, so I haven't been stressing it out... You're more than welcome to try it out. Let me know if you'd like to and we can arrange something. Regards, Peter 2009/3/12 Brian Walters <[email protected]> > > 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. -- 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.
