Giottos Vetruvian tripods?

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Contuining the search for a lightweight tripod for hiking I've now added the Giotto Vetruvian to the list (mainly the CF 8255), together with the Benro travel angel - does anyone have any experience of this?

thanks

Simon
 
recently got the aluminium one from a member here. I like it a lot. Pretty much made my Manfrotto 055 redundant. Only thing I changed was the head to an 494rc2 ball head as its a little stronger.
 
I Bought my Aluminium Vetruvian about 6 months ago and still think its a great piece of kit. Compact and light weight and attaches to my Lowepro back pack, but I wasn't keen on the ball head so replaced it with a Manfrotto 460 MG which is a lot bulkier but I think is much better.

Hope this is of help

Chris
 
I have one as my lightweight go to tripod when I don't want to carry the gitzo.
Excellent bit of kit, light but sturdy and folds up ultra compact. Actually fits inside my camera bag.
It's great when I carry my camcorder as well as all my DSLR gear and gitzo as it barely adds any weight.
 
Fantastic little tripod, in fact someone here bought mine! ;) However, it's not good for big telephoto lenses, hence mine moving on. For a travel tripod for general use they are great!
 
I see they've added new models (VGRN vs VGR), not sure on the differences as the specs seem pretty much the same

Also weight differences seem quite minimal between the CF & Aluminium versions (1.28 vs 1.5kg) so maybe the aluminium one is the most cost effective option
 
check out Manfrotto's Christmas deal on a carbon fibre model with head for £99.
 
Another one to consider is the Vanguard AltaPro. (folds down to 53cm) You can swing the centre column through 180 degrees, great for macro or providing a different aspect with the camera close to the ground.
 
I have a Benro Travel Angel. It's a great travel tripod, sturdy for what it is and very well made. Benro's are basically high quality copies of Gitzo's.
 
SMT said:
I have a Benro Travel Angel. It's a great travel tripod, sturdy for what it is and very well made. Benro's are basically high quality copies of Gitzo's.
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That's the other model I'm considering, specifically the C1682TB0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BENRO-C16...10348799623?pt=US_Tripods&hash=item48423ade87

I'm actually swaying more towards the Benro now as its 4 sections as opposed to the 5 of the Giotto, so probably more sturdy. Also this model has been improved so that the monopod is now a full size one

decisions, decisions
 
I spent a lot of time on finding a good travel tripod and finally settled for Velbon Ultra Rexi L. It folds down to 36cm, lowest height of 9.5cm, weighs 1.3kgs, supports upto 4 kgs and costs about 100-120 quid.

The drawbacks: legs don't have a rubber wrap, so will be cold to hold on to and it doesn't have a center hook to add any weight for extra stability.

Definitely worth considering IMHO...:thumbs:
 
canveen said:
I spent a lot of time on finding a good travel tripod and finally settled for Velbon Ultra Rexi L. It folds down to 36cm, lowest height of 9.5cm, weighs 1.3kgs, supports upto 4 kgs and costs about 100-120 quid.

The drawbacks: legs don't have a rubber wrap, so will be cold to hold on to and it doesn't have a center hook to add any weight for extra stability.

Definitely worth considering IMHO...:thumbs:
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Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't looked at Velbon - not sure why though as I already own the excellent Velbon Luxi F, unfortunately the pan & tilt head doesn't give me great confidence though when used with my DSLR and a telephoto lens - it's certainly compact though and something of the same dimensions/weight would be ideal

Simon
 
simonkit said:
Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't looked at Velbon - not sure why though as I already own the excellent Velbon Luxi F, unfortunately the pan & tilt head doesn't give me great confidence though when used with my DSLR and a telephoto lens - it's certainly compact though and something of the same dimensions/weight would be ideal

Simon
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I've got the Manfrotto 498RC2 head on my Velbon...The setup, I think is more than sufficient to handle a DSLR and a biggish tele. According to the Velbon site, Rexi L has the heaviest load carrying capacity in the Ultra series..
http://www.velbon.co.uk/products/photo/ultra_LUXi_M.html

The heaviest combo I've used is the 50D with 200mm, 2.8 prime and I was pretty happy with the stability of my setup.
 
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