thinking of new tripod

Looks like a very nice tripod! Not cheap though, it's about what I paid for my most expensive Gitzo.
I live in the UK so prices may be different. A while back I had the opportunity to tryout a RRS tripod and was suitably impressed - better than Gitzo? Maybe, but certainly not by much - VERY nice tripod though! However the guy who bought it paid more than I did and he only had one tripod, I had 3 brand new Gitzos and 1 used one for 20GBP less!
Choices depend very much on where you live, especially with tripods!

Also - consider the Manfrotto 410 geared head. It's very nice, and not a lot of people know about it.

No you're right. The RC2 head plate is a piece of junk. I hate it. I only recommend the RC4 head place. That's the only one worth having.

farmer1957 wrote in post #17240256
Yes the induro is very light for its size and what it is made out of.

I guess I will have to stop replying to these threads, I have a Manfrotto tripod model 3031.
The RC2 connection is sloppy...............
Manfrotto still put the RC2 on the market and I could go to walmart and buy a 20 dollar tripod that wobbled just like my manfrotto ball head.........
That pretty much put a end to me buy anymore manfrotto products.

Everyone who I go or goes out with me to do photography loves the Induro tripod and Gimble over their own tripods , as in Manfrotto

Even though opinion is bias My Induro tripod is allot sturdier then the Manfrotto.
And the Gimble works very smooth and faster then what someone would expect.

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=usCPcjgts2M

IMO the Induro is a better tripod because it is allot sturdier then a manfrotto.

I live in northern Nevada and the wind blows here most of the time, never had a problem with the Induro tripod even thinking about blowing over.

Good luck in what ever you buy.

Farmer

CRCchemist wrote in post #17241163
Also - consider the Manfrotto 410 geared head. It's very nice, and not a lot of people know about it.

Good point - my 410 is my preferred landscape head.

During my scenic route to tripod/ball head happiness, I bought a Manfrotto 68MGRC2 Hydrostatic Ball Head with RC2 Rapid Connect System. After I switched out the clamp for a Kirk Arca Swiss compatible screw knob clamp, it works pretty well. I still use it on one of those ground pods: http://www.amazon.com …hotography/dp/B​0015YHG70/

That said, if I were looking for a less expensive ball head, I'd get one of the very fine Sirui K ball heads like the K-30X or K-40X for a whole lot less.

HorusBennu has some really nice tripods. Decent price very good quality.

manfrotto 057 is incoming, and i'll do a review of this tripod when i get my camera on top of it,one thing i like about this tripod is you can remove the center column and just use the top plate with ball head as needed,thank guys for all your input on tripods.