Forgot to include: All up weight of the 190CXPro3 with Markins Q3 head fitted is about 3 lbs 3 oz.
Price when I bought it was about 2.5x the BeFree setup ... which yet again reinforces that you only get two out of three: sturdy, light, inexpensive. Pick any two and you're fine. ;-) G On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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.
