I travelled round Ethiopia, Zanzibar, South Africa, Romania and India with an early version of the Manfrotto 190C (aluminium). I hardly ever used it, but it was easy enough to travel with, and is a good tripod.
B On 19 Aug 2013, at 03:14, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Big thanks, Godfrey. This Mano 190CXPro3 looks really attractive. I love > the horizontal capability of the center column as your photos show. How are > the leg clasps? Easy to manipulate? > > I just may save up for this one. It looks sleek, uncomplicated. Am I right > about that? :-) > > Cheers, Christine > > > On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:52 PM, 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 >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
