The new pod

[JAS_Photo]

Cool, I bought the exact same tripod at the Camera show and exhibition here in the fall. I have lugged it all over the city. I have the 486RC2 ballhead with mine.

[casil403]

Wow...nice....my velbon just isn't cutting it for me these days....I think you just made it harder for me next to decide what next I have to purchase....I am stuck b/w a larger format printer(11X17) and a better tripod.
Not sure what to do but seeing this you definitely have swayed me toward the tripod.
Mind you the printer is cheaper in the long run as far as having prints done....decisions... decisions..... arrrrggggg!
I am more torn now!

[Michaelaw]

It's a great tool for sure, I have zero regrets with the coin spent. I have always gone cheap with tripods until I saw a couple of young guys working with raccoons using this model...I was sold and the Manfrotto was placed on my wishlist. My previous, now backup model was a sunpak pro costing eighty bucks or so and I got what I paid for . For the price point and versatile nature of this pod I'm just tickled

[casil403]

LOl MAW you are not helping....I was convinced on the printer but now I am really torn... leaning towards the tripod......

[Michaelaw]

LOl MAW you are not helping....I was convinced on the printer but now I am really torn... leaning towards the tripod......

Funny thing is...I was looking at an Epson something printer the day before at $369 plus paper and I'm aware of their thirst for ink. I was tied between the two also. The printer I want is close to two grand

[Mad Aussie]

I have the exact same Tripod

[Michaelaw]

Yeah I'm slow but eventually I get with the program

[AntZ]

I have the exact same Tripod

Me too

I'm happy with it, but I don't use it as much as I should. I liked the one someone posted last week with 1 leg usable as a monopod and some other nice features.

[Greg_Nuspel]

LOl MAW you are not helping....I was convinced on the printer but now I am really torn... leaning towards the tripod......

I might have a low mileage printer for sale later on since I need one that will take rolls for my panoramic prints. So get the tripod and we'll talk

[Wicked Dark]

Oh you got the exact tripod I want. Different head, but same tripod. nice. it's that 90 degree thing that I need. My 25-year-old Bogen just doesn't get low enough and the head is too big and heavy for travel. Am considering a geared head or possibly the new joystick head. I'm a bit cheesed that it doesn't have spiked feet like my little Slik does...how hard would that have been Manfrotto?

Anyway, congrats on the new tool. a tripod is a must for just about every shot I take. I didn't use one regularly for the longest time, then my photography changed and I found I did. Lucky that old Bogen still had life in it.