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jk
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Initially I wanted a quick adjust Fastbowl tripod head. IFOOTAGE TC7 Tripod, 155cm Carbon Fiber Video Camera Tripod with Quick Fastbowl https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07N69DK7R/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=fuxfo-21&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=B07N69DK7R I saw it in a video by Thomas Heaton and he has one. Is the "fastbowl" feature useful? After a bit more research I found this tripod. Neewer 64" Video Camera Tripod Aluminum Alloy with 360 Degree Fluid Drag Head (and Fastbowl). Neewer 64" Video Camera Tripod It has just arrived. I have to say that the tripod is probably the best tripod that I have used/seen. Yes it is large and being aluminium so it isnt as light as a carbon fibre version. The quality of build is superb. I still have to use but for £90 it is a steal. |
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GeoffR
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Looks good but far more tripod than I currently need. I have some flash triggers and a wireless remote from Neewer and they too are well built and seem to work well. |
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Iain
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Looks like a solid tripod a bit heavy for me though. |
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jk
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I felt the need for a new tripod as my Manfrotto 55CX is in Spain. |
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chrisbet
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I wonder if I could get away with that logic since my horse is in Italy?  |
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Robert
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chrisbet wrote:I wonder if I could get away with that logic since my horse is in Italy?Surely sitting on a tripod would be a poor substitute for a horse... the tripod only has three legs and no tail? Afterthought: At least it's adjustable for height! |
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chrisbet
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It would be a damn sight cheaper to keep though... |
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Robert
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As for the original question, "Is a levelling ball head tripod desirable?" I don't see the point. It's extremely easy to get any tripod top exactly level by adjusting the leg length, takes but a few seconds to adjust. Probably quicker than using the 'Quick Ball' given that adjusting the quick ball is an additional step. I can't understand the need (for the quick ball). I adjust the tripod head for level almost every time I erect my tripod, unless of course I want it out of level. |
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Robert
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chrisbet wrote:It would be a damn sight cheaper to keep though...Isn't that a new smily? Not noticed that one before... Yes, just think, no feed, no vets bills, no tack, no shoeing, no stabling, bedding... I would get one now before the word gets out! |
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jk
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chrisbet wrote:I wonder if I could get away with that logic since my horse is in Italy?Well I'm no Aga Khan but I would say why not! However in UK you might need to go rob a bank or two. Shouldnt be too difficult at present just left yourself in and scoop the notes! |
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jk
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Robert wrote:As for the original question, "Is a levelling ball head tripod desirable?" I don't see the point.Still got to try that feature out for real in the wild. The tripod was a steal at £90 inc bag and delivered to my door. I couldnt get a replacement Manfrotto, Benro, etc for £100. Then I would need a head for it. |
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Robert
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I agree, it seems a good deal, lightweight flimsy tripods are an expensive wast of space in my book, better a cheaper, heavier, robust tripod for me. No good being easy to carry but blowing over in the first puff of wind and wrecking the camera/lens, as HAS happened to me, wrecked my Bronica S2a, and that wasn't a fragile camera. It knocked the flash sync out and it was never the same after. Some lucky soul bought it off me via eBay. I just got another laser level which came with a 'free' tripod, similar to my usual surveyors tripod I usually use, it's slightly smaller than the original one, I plan to try it for photography, if it is rigid enough I may keep it for photography and return the original to it's intended purpose, surveying! Main reason is I can't get the bigger tripod in the car boot without taking the head off, I think the new tripod will be OK with the head on, it's only a couple of inches but makes the difference. |
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chrisbet
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I used to be a surveyor for the local council in a former life and the tripods we used (early 70s) were huge, wooden and heavy, mind you the theodolite it carried was no lightweight either! I have a Japanese Ferguson Videostar tripod I bought to use with my Canon XL1S, no lightweight camera, so I reckon it will do just fine for the Nikon. Just a pan & tilt head, nothing fancy weighs in at 2.5 kilos. |
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Eric
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Ah yes, a tripod. Them things you leave in the boot. |
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jk
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It has a nice bag and strap to make it easy to carry. Looking for a bag carrier! |
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chrisbet
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Lol - get a motorised golf trolley ... |
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Robert
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chrisbet wrote:Lol - get a motorised golf trolley ...I have one, brilliant. It worked well, carried the tripod, sarnies and flask of coffee, oh, and the tripod, cameras and a bunch of lenses and batteries. I have tried several motorised and pushed trollies of one sort or another. Of one occasion I commandeered (borrowed without asking!) a garden centre trolly at Muncaster Castle gardens, which has an outstanding collection of Frank Kingdon-Ward Rhododendrons, to carry all my gear for the day while I explored the extensive grounds. I was making good progress until I reached the North terrace, where the gardeners were trimming an extremely thorny hedge, I managed to puncture two quite large balloon type tyres as I tried to avoid the clippings. I was totally knackered when I finally managed to drag (it was then impossible to push) the now heavy and unwieldily trolly back to the garden centre and park it inconspicuously among it's friends. Since then I have tried to find soft cushion tyres which don't need inflating. Hard, solid tyres create way too much vibration for the cameras in my opinion on gravel and hard paths. I still don't have a perfect solution. |
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Eric
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If your photographic expedition has a definite purpose, that requires the ultimate precision (such as time lapse, long exposure, positional accuracy, focus stacking and the like), then a tripod is an obvious companion. Being a lifelong minimalist, and before VR came to assist, I invariably used a wall, lampost, tree, rock, park bench, fence, desk, chair, car roof/bonnet, windowsill, even the odd passerby ( 😆) to give me extra stability .....none of which I needed to lug along with me on the off chance I needed it. Don't get me wrong, I took my big heavy (studio) tripod with me, when shooting commercial interiors, large machinery etc. However, the painful memory of having to lug it, and all my camera/lighting gear half way across Norwich because I couldn't park outside the store I was commissioned to photograph, is indelibly printed on the angst area of my brain. Sweaty, irritable, unsteady, short of time and generally p*ssed was not a good recipe for creativity. (Not to mention the stupid public who insisted on gurning in frame when doing footfall images - another reason why I shunned event photography). As an integral part of my commercial work, I am afraid I have come to loath tripods and now unwaveringly leave them at home when venturing out with a leisure camera. (I would probably have sold them if the postage cost for the beasts wasn't going to mess with the deal.) I also have two mono pods which have served me well ....when trying to climb up wet grassy banks. „ Manfrotto have even stopped sending me newsletters. |
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jk
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I too hate using a tripod which is why I looked long and hard for a sub-£100 tripod that had really good features. Yes £90 is a dozen cheap/mediocre bottles of wine (UK rip off prices) but for in studio and on cold days on the moors I dont mind the extra heating up during the walk but in the rain it is a pain. Also seascapes with a ND filter then a tripod is a must. I dont want to take a dozen images and then combine them. |
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