What Tripod

[Scotty]

hi folks, bro-in-law is after a tripod for christmas (he has an IXUS 400 and
a small digicam), so it would be for mainly night shots with the IXUS and
for movies with the video)
Has anyone got any recommendations for a reasonable tripod around the $100
mark (or am I dreaming??)

Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos are
a little out of the price range
What about velbon etc?

thanks in advance
Scotty

[M i c C u l l e n]

"Scotty" <samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au>, far, far away from here,
appears to have written:

[snips]

> Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos are
> a little out of the price range

My Slik is also out of your price range (800 ballhead, 700 legs -
AU$300) but the quality is great. Even Henrik (Gitzo-man) didn't dismiss
it out of hand :-)
--

cheers, Mic (Reply address works...)

"The harder I work, the luckier I get." Thomas Edison

[Wolf]

I have a Sony 505v and I use a little ballhead (Giotto $75) on a second hand
pair of slik aluminium legs I got for $10. A very light combo and heavy
enough for what is essentially a compact camera. You can always hang a bag
of sand from the center for extra stability.




"Scotty" <samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:6aBCb.768$Tq.18616@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> hi folks, bro-in-law is after a tripod for christmas (he has an IXUS 400
and
> a small digicam), so it would be for mainly night shots with the IXUS and
> for movies with the video)
> Has anyone got any recommendations for a reasonable tripod around the $100
> mark (or am I dreaming??)
>
> Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos
are
> a little out of the price range
> What about velbon etc?
>
> thanks in advance
> Scotty
>
>

[Herbert Nagler]

M i c C u l l e n wrote:
> [snips]
>
>> Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the
>> Manfrottos are a little out of the price range
>
> My Slik is also out of your price range (800 ballhead, 700 legs -
> AU$300) but the quality is great. Even Henrik (Gitzo-man) didn't
> dismiss it out of hand :-)


With 700 legs you could call it a slick centipede ;-)

[Greg]

The IXUS weighs practically nothing, so any Velbon SLR tripod will do.
They are lightweight and usually come with their own carry bag. I
think they sell a pretty good model around the $80 mark, or something
a litle sturdier around the $119. Shop around though, as prices can
vary quiet a bit. Oh, and make sure you get an SLR tripod, not a video
camera tripod. They are different. SLR has tilt and pan, where as
video only has pan (on cheaper models that is).

Good luck.




On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:12:22 +1030, "Scotty"
<samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>hi folks, bro-in-law is after a tripod for christmas (he has an IXUS 400 and
>a small digicam), so it would be for mainly night shots with the IXUS and
>for movies with the video)
>Has anyone got any recommendations for a reasonable tripod around the $100
>mark (or am I dreaming??)
>
>Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos are
>a little out of the price range
>What about velbon etc?
>
>thanks in advance
>Scotty
>

[M i c C u l l e n]

"Herbert Nagler" <me@privacy.net>, far, far away from here, appears to
have written:

[snips]

> >> Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the
> >> Manfrottos are a little out of the price range
> >
> > My Slik is also out of your price range (800 ballhead, 700 legs -
> > AU$300) but the quality is great. Even Henrik (Gitzo-man) didn't
> > dismiss it out of hand :-)

> With 700 legs you could call it a slick centipede ;-)

Millipede, surely :-)

Very happy with this tripod, BTW, for both the 10D and the MiniDV video
camera.
--

cheers, Mic (Reply address works...)

"For every aphorism there is an equal but opposite aphorism."
- Mickey, 2003

[Scotty]

well maybe they were talking about the budget sliks...as yes you probably
get what you pay for but thought there might be some good value, reasonable
tripods out there.

"M i c C u l l e n" <nospam@cross.com.au> wrote in message
news:6grltv8tp9shj2vs71989fkp0iu0dcmk5q@4ax.com...
> "Scotty" <samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au>, far, far away from here,
> appears to have written:
>
> [snips]
>
> > Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos
are
> > a little out of the price range
>
> My Slik is also out of your price range (800 ballhead, 700 legs -
> AU$300) but the quality is great. Even Henrik (Gitzo-man) didn't dismiss
> it out of hand :-)
> --
>
> cheers, Mic (Reply address works...)
>
> "The harder I work, the luckier I get." Thomas Edison
>

[Vin]

M i c C u l l e n <nospam@cross.com.au> wrote:
> "Herbert Nagler" <me@privacy.net>, far, far away from here, appears to
> have written:

> [snips]

>> >> Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the
>> >> Manfrottos are a little out of the price range
>> >
>> > My Slik is also out of your price range (800 ballhead, 700 legs -
>> > AU$300) but the quality is great. Even Henrik (Gitzo-man) didn't
>> > dismiss it out of hand :-)
>
>> With 700 legs you could call it a slick centipede ;-)

> Millipede, surely :-)

Not quite, not even a Kilopede.

--
Vin
Melbourne, Australia
Remove no and spam from both sides of the @ sign email address to reply

[Scotty]

thanks all,
am having a look at the velbon tripods at the moment from Teds/Diamonds.
Am having a look in person tomorrow, so should have some idea by then

thanks again

"Greg" <infra73@nospam.optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:7s9ntvguu71e2hdr5ft5433mfb34i7tobu@4ax.com...
> The IXUS weighs practically nothing, so any Velbon SLR tripod will do.
> They are lightweight and usually come with their own carry bag. I
> think they sell a pretty good model around the $80 mark, or something
> a litle sturdier around the $119. Shop around though, as prices can
> vary quiet a bit. Oh, and make sure you get an SLR tripod, not a video
> camera tripod. They are different. SLR has tilt and pan, where as
> video only has pan (on cheaper models that is).
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:12:22 +1030, "Scotty"
> <samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >hi folks, bro-in-law is after a tripod for christmas (he has an IXUS 400
and
> >a small digicam), so it would be for mainly night shots with the IXUS and
> >for movies with the video)
> >Has anyone got any recommendations for a reasonable tripod around the
$100
> >mark (or am I dreaming??)
> >
> >Have been warned off the Sliks due to lack of quality and the Manfrottos
are
> >a little out of the price range
> >What about velbon etc?
> >
> >thanks in advance
> >Scotty
> >
>

[Andrew MacBeth]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:31:38 +1030, "Scotty"
<samtechsaNOSPAM@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>thanks all,
>am having a look at the velbon tripods at the moment from Teds/Diamonds.
>Am having a look in person tomorrow, so should have some idea by then

I'm sure others have commented, but I find the Manfrotto 055Pro legs
to be just fantastic.

Little expensive, but worth every penny....

Andrew
http://www.andrewmacbeth.com

[ron chappel]

Look,lets get down to brass tacks.NONE of the plastic hinged tripods are great no matter what brand name is on it!

Go into a shop and play with them all.Just twist the top with Your fingers and you'll find out very quickly which ones are reasonably stiff and which are just useless.Pick the stiffest feeling one you can get for you money-no matter what brand it is.