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| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 0.98 pounds | | Package Length: | 20.5 inches | | Package Width: | 3.9 inches | | Package Height: | 3.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 66 reviews |
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51 of 57 found the following review helpful:
 5-Star compact tripod! Jul 19, 2006
By Hiram Grant
"just call me Sam"
This is a very impressive, very compact tripod truly designed for someone needing a quality product that will easily fit into a suitcase. But first...
What this tripod IS NOT: it is not a substitute for a serious, tall tripod for everyday use. It not designed for anything heavier than our lightest Digital SLRs, and won't be the steadiest in the world with those.
But this is a very fine travel tripod for someone with a good digicam, such as the Canon Powershot S3 IS. It will easily support that weight, even in vertical. It can also easily be used with most Mini DV camcorders.
Considering how many leg sections it has, it is steady enough. Amazingly, it also allows you to spread the legs out, if necessary. The center column can be shortened, so that you might work very close to the ground.
One cool tripod.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Perfectly good for what it is Feb 12, 2007
By J. Hall
I needed a basic field tripod, and this tripod exceeds my expectations for utility and support. I wish that it had come with a zippered carryall of some sort - and some metal in the head would have made it more sturdy. That being said, I am perfectly happy to use my Olympus E-500 on it with my 50-150mm standard Zuiko lens.
My previous tripods have been the type that you buy at the local general stores (Target, Sears, etc.).
I find that this tripod is lighter than what I am used to carrying, and sturdier. The extra buckles are a nuisance - but the thing folds down into nothing! Plus, like another reviewer said, you can drop the height practically to the floor. The whole thing could be taller, maybe.
22 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Great for consumer Digital Cameras, but not much else Oct 02, 2006
By James Marcano
"Film Major"
I'll have to agree with the previous reviewer in that this is not a serious tripod; the trigger/button tightening mechanism is far too weak for anything but your average digital camera and perhaps the most compact of today's camcorders.
Bearing that in mind, I'll still rate this tripod with 3/5 stars for the simple reason that I listed above; the tightening mechanism simply doesn't do its job very effectively.
The tripod's saving graces are that for an un-braced unit, it is quite sturdy, and it certainly allows for a great range in height. This, however, means little when your camera is constantly pointed sky-ward due to a sudden loosening in the head.
If you're only going to be using this with a consumer-grade digital camera, then you'll most-likely be happy with the product. In my opinion, however, a near $80 price tag is a bit hefty for such a simple application.
16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Very good tripod Dec 08, 2006
By szelivia
I was looking for something light and compact to carry. I was willing to sacrifice some stability for small size. While it is not as flexible as the pro tripods, it's light enough to be carried around. And even if I decide to upgrade to a pro tripod in the future, this will be my travel tripod. It is a solidly constructed for quality tripod, especially for the money you pay. The head is very, much easier to reposition the camera; just have to be careful you hold the camera when releasing the lever. I found that was a misleading in previous that total load is 2.2 lb it's rated for 4.4lb by manufacturer. It has no serious problem to hold my Pentax *istDS with 70-300mm lens or Nikon D70S with 18-70 mm. But it's definitely not a steadiest tripod on the market but it wasn't designed for this. I definitely at least check it out in your local store if you a looking for LIGHTWEIGH & COMACT tripod.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Portable, light, small footprint and does what it promises! Feb 26, 2009
By Rick V
"Bargain hunter by day, shopaholic at night"
Why I bought this
I received a new 25$ coupon from my Amazon card (LUV it) and decided it would use it towards a light / small tripod that I would take with me on my casual field trips to the local Indiana Dunes state park and other outdoor locations where I wanted a tripod yet needed to pack lightly with my camera backpack.
After reading up in various sites I decided to use this with my Nikon D50 with zoomlens. It clips onto my Microtrekker 100 camera backpack with velcro and weighs near nothing. Furthermore, the collapsed footprint is so small it does not get in the way.
Is it any good?
Yes, if you use it for what it is intended. I see people on here state that this is only for consumer DSLR's.... uhmmmm yes. I cannot impagine a pro purist walking around with a low cost consumer grade tiny tripod that does not provide the pro stability and features they need. Why even bring that up.
For a pro-sumer like myself that has 2 DSLR's, one a D90 with a big toot 18-200MM VR lens and a smaller older D50 this is fine.
I do have a 500$ heavyweight carbon fiber tripod with pro ballhead but ONLY use that for serious portrait work and when I go out to ONLY shoot and to places where I can reach my location without a massive tricky haul.
For all those other times I use this one now. It doesn't bother me to carry and frequently I have found myself pleasantly surprised I had this with me as it enabled some cool shots that I could not have taken by hand.
Conclusions
The tripod is ofcourse not super stable. Especially when fully extended then lowest leg pieces are so thin that that can wobble of you push against the tripod with a D50 or similar camera one. That is OK as you should not bump it and trigger it with your timer or remote.
It has plastic clips that, if handled roughly, could break.
The tripod itself looks finely crafted but do not forget it is a budget item.
I do not use it fully extended most of the time and only with my remote and recommend that. I recommend it to the budget conscious that want to pack lightly without missing a tripod. This is geat as a second, light tpod.
The head is fine holding the D50 and the tension knob does work but again, it is not a pro grip ballhead.
I do think the grip ball head would be bad for video shooting is the tension grip makes it hard to control is you needed to tilt smoothly while shooting. Shell out for something better if that is what you do. But for photoshooting: it does what it promises: cheap, light and sufficient. And nice looking for 50 bucks.
Minus 1 star for the wobble when fully extended.
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