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bobscape
2nd of January 2009 (Fri), 23:46
Hi all, and Happy New Year!
I was out bush walking early this morning in the Blue Mountains and my Manfrotto 785SHB broke its leg. There I was all set up and ready to take a shot and next thing my camera is acting like it’s had a few too many and doing a Tarzan swing off the shutter release cable. I was lucky I caught it before it hit the deck.

One of the leg locking latches failed at the hinge pin (see attached pic) and the leg just telescoped. It’s less than 12 months old so if you own one of these suckers it might be worth checking it over.

This has been a great tripod for backpacking as it folds down to just 350mm (13 ¾ inches). I’ll be contacting the supplier on Monday to see what they can do under warranty.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e337/bobscape/Technical/TripodLeg.jpg
lostid
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 00:33
The joints are always the weakest points of failure. It could be due to fatigue. But the failure is not acceptable after only 12 months. Hope you can get replaced under warranty.

I was told by many people that for 40D you don't want to look at anything less than $200 tripod.

Good luck.
bobscape
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 00:40
Thanks lostid, I bought this particular model because of its size as it fits neatly into my pack and its lite. Your right though, maybe I should be looking at a carbon fibre model. Any clues?

cheers
lostid
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 00:47
Thanks lostid, I bought this particular model because of its size as it fits neatly into my pack and its lite. Your right though, maybe I should be looking at a carbon fibre model. Any clues?

cheers

I bought Manfrotto 190XPROB legs with 488RC2 ballhead just before Xmas from Amazon. The legs arrived a week ago but the head is nowhere to be found as of today.
bobscape
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 00:58
can you post some pics of your 190XPROB and what are the dimensions? Hope your head turns up soon, probably got caught up in the Christmas madness.
lostid
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 22:03
can you post some pics of your 190XPROB and what are the dimensions? Hope your head turns up soon, probably got caught up in the Christmas madness.

Here you can find a through review of the 055XPROB and 488RC2 head. 055XPROB is basically longer (for taller people) and heavier than 190XPROB.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=529785