Reviews
Good tripod, you get a lot for your money, tripod + monopod with a ball head and carrying case. Bargain! Plus the gold is nice.
This tripod came packaged nicely and inside the box, you have the tripod itself, the ball head which is attached to the tripod and the carrying case which has a handle and shoulder strap. Also you have a velvet pouch which contains a Allen key, and a small centre post which you can swap out from the normal long one to get really low down to the ground for macro work.The tripods built quality is really good, the ball head is made really nice and feels solid. The tripod legs extend by loosening the screw locks on the legs. I find that these are faster to loosen and tighten up than the other clip style claps you get on other tripods. The ball head is really easy to use you have 3 turn dials, one at the top by the camera mount plate loosens the plate so you can remove the camera and place it onto the tripod and then turn it to tighten it up. The dial in the middle controls the actually ball head, and the one below that controls the panning so you can turn your camera left or right and this is pretty smooth.On the tripod centre colume you have a big turn dial which you turn to loosen so you can raise the centre post up or down and then tighten it when you have the right night and this is easy and fast to use. Also on the centre post you have a small hook which you can hang a weight or you hear bag to make the tripod more heavier so you don't get any shake in the wind which I like.If you do a look of macro photography and need to get really low to the ground, a very small centre post is included and you can attached the ball head and this will allow you to go lower because it won't hit the ground when to 3 legs are spread out.On the tripod leg with the foam grip you can unscrew that and it becomes a mono tripod which is really handy to have. It's really easy to sent up you just screw in the silver ball head screw and then attach the head and away you go.I have been using this with my mirrorless camera in the night time while doing long exposure and I've not had one picture which shows blur due to the wind. Mirrorless cameras are pretty light and this tripod is quite heavy duty. I think for the asking price of £60+ that's a good bargain. The build quality is great and it got some weight to it but not really heavy and the carrying case is handy to have included. I would recommend this if you have a DSLR with a medium/long lens, it's also good for a mirrorless camera but you could get away with having a lighter camera due to the weight of the camera.The only thing I'd like to be improved is the panning motion, it's a little bit stiff and I think it needs to be easy to spin it around with less effort.⚠️Disclaimer: I was supplied this item for free to test out and provide my own personal thoughts about the product.⚠️
10.06.2016