New Really Right Stuff Carbon Fibre tripod!

EDIT: Sorry for the title typo

I love the quality of the really right stuff ball heads. I just spotted on their website that they are launching a new high quality carbon tripod!

http://reallyrightstuf​f.com …esc.asp?ic=TVC-33&eq=&Tp=

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dandig wrote in post #8755514
EDIT: Sorry for the title typo

I love the quality of the really right stuff ball heads. I just spotted on their website that they are launching a new high quality carbon tripod!

http://reallyrightstuf​f.com …esc.asp?ic=TVC-33&eq=&Tp=


The price is high but I would expect the quality to be right up there if their other products are anything to go by.

Seems to be similar in spec and size to the Gitzo 3540 3530 range that is so popular amongst wildlife and landscape guys.

Theres also a note at the bottom of the page indication that there will be a monopod available soon too!

bold move pricing their tripod well above the industry standard (gitzo). good luck with that one !

ed rader

ed rader wrote in post #8755920
bold move pricing their tripod well above the industry standard (gitzo). good luck with that one !

ed rader

Yeah, plus I'd have to pay tax on anything from RRS while I can get Gitzo from NYC without tax. When the items get this expensive, that's a pretty significant amount too.

ed rader wrote in post #8755920
bold move pricing their tripod well above the industry standard (gitzo). good luck with that one !

And not just a little higher, either....

mike_d wrote in post #8755953
Yeah, plus I'd have to pay tax on anything from RRS while I can get Gitzo from NYC without tax. When the items get this expensive, that's a pretty significant amount too.

especially in this economy !

ed rader

They make superb plates, ballheads, etc. Why this? It's like Gitzo ballheads...not on par with their tripods.

tvphotog wrote in post #8756165
They make superb plates, ballheads, etc. Why this? It's like Gitzo ballheads...not on par with their tripods.

Have you used an RRS tripod?

tvphotog wrote in post #8756165
They make superb plates, ballheads, etc. Why this? It's like Gitzo ballheads...not on par with their tripods.

How on earth do you have any idea, the RRS tripods are not even available yet!!

love my RRS ballhead but think ill keep my gitzo tripod looks nicer

Comparing the RRS tripod to the Gitzo 3531 Mountaineer:

Max Load: Gitzo 39.6#, RRS 50#
Weight: Gitzo 4.7#, RRS 4#
Max Height: Gitzo 52.4", RRS 58" (neglecting any center column)
Min Height: Gitzo 17.3", RRS 4.5"
Folded length: Gitzo 26", RRS 26"

For the extra $200 difference in price, I don't think the RRS model is worth it. Made in the USA, unfortunately, does mean higher labor and material costs (especially when not mass-produced). Like other RRS items, I'm sure that it'll be of the highest quality and workmanship, but good luck selling at that price differential.

ed rader wrote in post #8755920
bold move pricing their tripod well above the industry standard (gitzo). good luck with that one !

ed rader

You know, until yesterday I would have thought the same thing. I was talking to a friend whose a senior exec with a lot of contacts in the high end retail industry. Those companies have only seen something like a 15% drop in business through the recession because their customers have high disposable income - they may gripe, but they still buy top end stuff (buy quality). I'd bet the same is true here. That said, this thing is ridiculously expensive.

That said, I'm not sure I'd buy an RRS tripod. I wish they would stick to their knitting more and do some updating on their ballheads and remove some weight instead.

Above all - what I do REALLY like about what they have done though is to demonstrate their vibration damping capability as a function of frequency and to compare to the "industry standard" (presumably Gitzo). If we could see that on all manufacturers, wouldn't that be fantastic? Finally an objective and quantitative measure of tripod performance - presuming RRS makes their test specs and methodology public.

J.

argyle wrote in post #8757251
Comparing the RRS tripod to the Gitzo 3531 Mountaineer:

Max Load: Gitzo 39.6#, RRS 50#
Weight: Gitzo 4.7#, RRS 4#
Max Height: Gitzo 52.4", RRS 58" (neglecting any center column)
Min Height: Gitzo 17.3", RRS 4.5"
Folded length: Gitzo 26", RRS 26"

For the extra $200 difference in price, I don't think the RRS model is worth it. Made in the USA, unfortunately, does mean higher labor and material costs (especially when not mass-produced). Like other RRS items, I'm sure that it'll be of the highest quality and workmanship, but good luck selling at that price differential.

None of that is worth it. The whole benefit they are selling is better vibration damping than the "industry standard." Hard to say how that plays out.

J.

True, but you have to take their frequency chart with a grain of salt. I also assumed that the "industry standard" they're referring to is Gitzo, and more than likely it is since RRS also sells Gitzo tripods (or will they now be dropping the Gitzo stuff?). But why take RRS' word with regard to their published chart, but not that of other mfrs with regard to their load ratings? As an engineer, it would be nice to see RRS' test methodology and procedure though.

oh, I agree for sure. I just like to see that sort of performance data. Much better than "load" ratings - whatever that means.

I'd like to see some method that becomes industry standard that causes tripod mfgs to publish their data like this - then we could have something to compare to. Right now, people walk into a store and whack a tripod and pronounce it "stable." They also tend to get hung up on the paint job and confuse that with real performance. I've done some testing and know that there are significant differences between tripods.

j.

Yes, the vibration dampening graph is surely a step in the right direction... and surely we can't take RRS's word on it without an open methodology that others can repeat.

You know, we as a community (and I mean DSLR shooters, not just on this particular forum) have a lot of prowess with engineering, physics, and photography... and I bet we could start a thread in which we discuss what kind of testing suite would be appropriate for tripods/heads/general support.... we could have someone in charge of compiling it all, making final decisions about what to include... and we could publish the methodology and reporting standards...

Then, we start asking retailers we have a close relationship with (say, Really Big Cameras) to start testing limited lines of gear. Of course, we could also test our own setups and develop a database (not everyone has the time, gear, eetc, but some do)...

The point is, we've been griping about this for a while, but I wonder if we can get the ball rolling ourselves?