Rocketfish 65" Carbon Fiber Tripod

I was looking around my local Best Buy today and noticed RocketFish (Another in house brand) has a 65" Carbon Fiber tripod out for $149.99. Anyone have any experience with it? Wasn't sure if it would be a good buy for a spare or something.

I searched any didn't come up with anything so figured I'd make a new thread. Thanks guys!

Most, if not all of the RocketFish stuff is junk.

5.8lbs carbon fiber tripod?

Better off getting the Slik 700DX legs or the set.

FLiPMaRC wrote in post #9080618
5.8lbs carbon fiber tripod?

Better off getting the Slik 700DX legs or the set.

I looked at the Slik 700DX at a local camera shop. Those are some nice looking legs for the money!

Thanks for the info guys! And thanks for the links Flip, I'll check into that!

make sure on one factor

When purchasing a tripod, make sure of one factor - that the manufacturer's height specification is WITHOUT CENTER COLUMN RAISED. Many manufacturers, in order to make their tripods look better on paper, list the height with the center column extended.

However, you don't need a tripod that is as tall as you are. A tripod head will provide 4-6" of additional height. The average DSLR viewfinder is probably 3-4" above the base of the camera. Your eyes are probably 3-4" below the top of your head. So a tripod that is somewhere from 10-14" shorter than you are tall will place the camera at eye level.

There are times, when you cannot extend all of the legs (such as on an incline) and that tripod height will require you to bend a bit. However, that is an unusual situation and bending a bit in an unusual situation should really be no problem.

If you are using a shorter tripod and want to ease your bending, try a right angle viewfinder. I cut my teeth on a twin lens reflex camera and am quite comfortable viewing my image by looking down. An additional + for a right angle viewfinder is that it gets your camera lower and is usually a more pleasing angle from which to shoot - especially if you are a tall person.

Haven't seen the Rfish stuff
but always suggest reliable companies
with high bang for buck
Slik and Velbon for starters.

MSIGuy wrote in post #9080404
Most, if not all of the RocketFish stuff is junk.

I'm not sure about most of their stuff but I do know that their HDMI cables are really nice, makes my HDTV look good

kigai wrote in post #9112819
I'm not sure about most of their stuff but I do know that their HDMI cables are really nice, makes my HDTV look good

+1. I have some Rocket Fish HDMI cables on one of my plasmas and it looks pretty good. Not bad for a competitor against someone like Monster.

Yeah and they cost me $5! They have a lot of good small stuff. Cables, chargers, simple things like that. I've seen the tripod and it's alright. nothing great, but the basic and popular Manfrotto 055xb legs are probably a better bet.

jdizzle wrote in post #9112839
+1. I have some Rocket Fish HDMI cables on one of my plasmas and it looks pretty good. Not bad for a competitor against someone like Monster.

You have fallen for the hype.

A properly functioning HDMI cable sends 0's and 1's, a digital signal, even with a cheap cable (within HDMI specs) you're going to see the same results as you would with one of Monster's Hyper-Platnium-L-Series cables.

It's not like with a cheap cable the 0's or 1's magically become a 2 1/2...

It just doesn't work that way.

MSIGuy wrote in post #9120645
You have fallen for the hype.

A properly functioning HDMI cable sends 0's and 1's, a digital signal, even with a cheap cable (within HDMI specs) you're going to see the same results as you would with one of Monster's Hyper-Platnium-L-Series cables.

It's not like with a cheap cable the 0's or 1's magically become a 2 1/2...

It just doesn't work that way.

I have cables from both companies. I don't see a difference. Back to the topic of the tripod please.

Big thumbs down on the rocketfish tripod.........We lost $4000.00 worth of gear when the clamp and safty mech failed. Our bad for buying a nice looking but cheap tripod. Buyer beware.

It seems most of their stuff is rebranded

As for HDMI cables, please don't waste your money on Monster cables. Use a company called monoprice and you will not be able to tell ANY difference as far as picture goes. Your wallet will be happier though.

I am not familar with the Rocketfish tripod, however I am familar with the Rocketfish computer case Best Buy used to sell. It was a re-branded Lian-li case, which is a top quality top of the line computer case. I wonder who makes the Rocketfish tripod.