On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw this new tripod on amazon: especially made for travel and mobility. > If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in > action." Any thoughts? > It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds. > > http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2 > > Would be interested in any thoughts. Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the head is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera plates and would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates aren't particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of them as they were often frustratingly imprecise. My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, and a Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my baggage. The legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I pack the rest of my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just strap them onto the bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column flip on which is very very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for about 11lbs, about three times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which is what I like to see. Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in the living room this morning: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html enjoy! Godfrey -- almost forgotten photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.wordpress.com -- 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.
