Anyone ever see good buys on carbon Fiber Tripods?

Just curious if any of you ever see GREAT buys on carbon fiber tripods such as the
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 or the PRO3?

As a benchmark, the standard Amazon price on the 04 is $300.
So obviously a deal would be.......less.

LOL

I see stuff posted about sales at Adorama and BHP.

Thanks much!

Karl

I just bought a RocketFish CF tripod, with a metal head, for $70 (Normally around $100-150, but got this on eBay) Its cheap, but extremely more rugged than what I have.

I bought a Manfrotto 055XPROB a ways back but it is alum and too heavy to strap on to my backpack.
I saw the CF one I mentioned above at our local Camera shop and liked the size and weight.
I know $300 is not a lot for a CF tripod but I would love a killer deal on something like that.

I paid $237 ($277 - $40 rebate) for Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 through Amazon in last October.

Manfrotto 498RC2 Ball Head was for $94 ($104 - $10 rebate).

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I'm also in the market for a new carbon fiber tripod. My circa 1980s aluminum tripod is too heavy to lug around anymore - time for me to upgrade.

Not sure if this meets what you might be looking for in level of quality / stability / etc., but I just read this blog post on budget carbon fiber tripods.

http://danbaileyphoto.​com …get-carbon-fiber-tripods/

I have the aluminum slik 700 and am happy with it, been thinking of getting this one.

http://www.adorama.com​/SLP724CF.html $270

Good posts!

The links are great. Feel free to add more info as you come across it.

Thanks

Feisol have the 3301 for about $280 and is probably better than the 190CX--- in functionality.

Vanguard Alta+ 225CT 5-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod $169.99
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …27502&is=REG&A=​details&Q=

Wow, that Alta 225 is back up to $249

Keep your eyes open folks.
That Alta was a good deal for that price.

Thanks

KarlGB77 wrote in post #13905341
Just curious if any of you ever see GREAT buys on carbon fiber tripods such as the
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 or the PRO3?

As a benchmark, the standard Amazon price on the 04 is $300.
So obviously a deal would be.......less.

Manfrotto had rebates all through this past fall until Jan 15.

The deal from B&H sounds good for Vanguard. Also Costco recently had a carbon tripod w/head on sale.

You may want to take a hard look at the Sirui brand. I got one of their ball heads a couple of weeks ago, and I am still gushing over my great buy. They sell tripod and ballhead combos as well. I got the
K-30X head, and I could not be happier. Spent a little over a hundred bucks (USA)