Two strong recommendations for Feisol; I am already Googling as we speak. I notice that Feisol is a lot less expensive than Gitzo which appears to be the Leica of tripods in comparison.
Bill, did you find a Canadian source for Feisol, or import? And I was young and very naive and only had a K100D Super with a plastic 18-55 to support when I got my Manfrotto stuff. Seemed like a good idea at the time ... :) On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > Manfrotto tripods suck donkey dick. Seriously, friends don't let friends buy > Manfrotto Tripods. > > Have a look at the Feisol carbon fiber tripods. I have two of them, and am > majorly happy with them. > They give good head as well. > > bill > > > On 8/11/2016 5:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> I must finally give in. It's clear even to me that my trusty Manfrotto >> 190XPROB tripod with the 486RC2 ballhead simply cannot support a 645Z >> + 90mm lens -- total weight 5.7 lbs / 2.59 kg. I'm trying to do macro >> shots and the damned thing has to be torqued well above the target >> framing then allowed to slip down into final position. Grrr. >> >> It may be that I could just upgrade the ballhead, but I find that the >> quick release plates don't grab as securely as they should. Ie, >> there's slippage and the camera shifts in the mount. >> >> So ... >> >> What tripod + ballhead + qr plate is recommended by the collective >> wisdom of the PDML? >> >> It should fold down to around 2 feet so I can strap it onto my camera >> roller case. It should securely hold at least 6 lbs of camera bits. >> >> I really like the way the 190XPROB lets me mount the camera close to >> the ground -- within 6 inches or so by flipping the center post >> horizontally and spreading the legs out wide -- but I could sacrifice >> that I suppose. >> >> Preferably one that I can buy new, retail, in North America. :) >> >> Thanks! >> > > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
