Do you love your tripod?

gnrlmike wrote in post #4196533
Now that is something! I was fishing just out of curiosity, but legs alone were close to a 100 without shipping.

I have some other carbon fiber legs and ath-02. The head is great, but with 1D with 100-400 and extender- it's on the limit. I need the 03 head for this setup. My lens almost dipped once.

Talk to seajetsea (ebay ID), he sells brand new Dynatran stuff, he has a few sets of legs that he is selling for $85 shipped, that is where I got mine, I think nutsnbolts did as well.

Thanks. I meant I had Dynatran legs, but not the ones you mentioned.
I need your head (Hm, sounds Halloweenish)

I am dearly fond of my Bogen 3246 tripod with a Bogen 3275 gear head. I'm not so fond of my Benbo Treakker (just not sturdy enough). I'm going to get another traveling tripod to replace the Benbo (if I were Superman I would just carry the 3246 around).

I should have got a CF tripod, but this one was cheaper and it's still seen hardly any real use. Dynatran Tripod AT-858B w/ ATH-04H Head

I'm getting a ball head later. I'm getting a lot later, but something else must be purchased first.

_aravena wrote in post #4196940
I should have got a CF tripod, but this one was cheaper and it's still seen hardly any real use. Dynatran Tripod AT-858B w/ ATH-04H Head

I'm getting a ball head later. I'm getting a lot later, but something else must be purchased first.

I got the 828BL first, but it was heavy and my kit got too heavy for the head so I sold it and got the new one.

Yup! don't leave home without it...

Manfrotto 3021BN with joystick Manfrotto 322RC2

I have a Feisol CT 3401N Carbon Fiber tripod with Manfrotto 488RC2 Ball Head and PB-70 Horizontal Adapter Kit and really like it.

There are some cheap ones out there - I have been given 5 or 6 - no QR plates . They are good for parts .
I have 2 bogens - a mono-pod and tripod that are like 20+ years old , other than being heavy , they are great . Save / spend a little more on a good one , they seldom break / wear out . Right now I am looking for one I can get extra QR plates for without doing the order thing .
If you only use one camera - no problem - but I have a digital , my XTI , the canon ZR85 a film nikon [wife claimed when I got the XTI] - anyway keeping a QR plate on each one and trying to find another lighter travel tripod is proving a little hard .

Love my 3021B Pro with 488 ball head

Another 3021B Pro with 488 ball head. I changed the stock QR clamp for a Kirk unit. It's not the lightest setup but very sturdy and it's tall enough for me being 6'4". Also it will get very low to the ground.

Steve

gnrlmike wrote in post #4196533
I have some other carbon fiber legs and ath-02. The head is great, but with 1D with 100-400 and extender- it's on the limit. I need the 03 head for this setup. My lens almost dipped once.

Actually, I just checked - the one I have is ATH-A01, and got scared. I definitely put too much weight on the head. Time to ebay!

I should have mentioned that too at 6 feet tall , most tripods seem like they are mounted on fishing polls .

Gitzo 2531 topped off with a Kirk BH-3. There's also a L-bracket for the camera. For me, tripods are absolutely critical for early morning / evening landscape work.

Manfrotto 190 legs which have been steady as a rock for me, coupled with simply the BEST ballhead for ease of use and ergonomics, the manfrotto joystick head.

Mine isn't the best there is by a long shot, but I wouldn't leave home without it.

If the subject is sitting still, the tripod is used.