I'm in the market for something a bit smaller than my trusty old Gitzo 3530 legs. I'd like to spec it for what I think is the heaviest setup I'd use on it:
- 1D body
- Canon 180mm macro
- some sort of head (start with a Markins Q3)
- Novoflex Castel Q focus rail
- Flash attached with Wimberly Macro brackets
- And to get crazy technical on weight, there are plates and cards and all that other crap one forgets adds weight
It isn't super critical to nail this for weight purposes, so we can just say all this is probably around 10lbs-ish.
The Feisol TT-15 was my first choice at $59 until I saw a review that says it doesn't get perfectly flat. But for $59 I might have to get it anyway. (Digital Picture review
)The Novoflex options look interesting, but I'm not finding much on how easy they are to use. (B&H Link
). However, this starts to creep in price where "for just a little more"....The RRS option might make the most sense of all and it packs up super small. The Really Right Stuff TP-243
is nearly $400 though.And then there is the Berlebach wooden option
from across the pond that I really like around $200 before shipping, etc.
...figured those Gitzo legs are probably worth around $200 in used condition.
