paullus
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Hello everyone this is my first post here and also a message of thanks.
For the past two weeks I've been searching for a replacement for my old Star 63 tripod. This was a cheap but reasonably well made item with three way pan and tilt head which has served me well enough. That was until I tried to mount my Olympus E620 with 70-300 lens, battery grip and flash on it. I should have know better shouldn't I.
Anyway I started to trawl the net and had as good as decided on a Manfrotto. I even bid on a couple for sale on Ebay but was unsuccessful .
My requirements were simple a nice set of legs with a good head (a bit like why I married my wife). I was convinced that a pan and tilt head was for me too. Then I found myself on Talk Photography and I can't understand why I never found it sooner. The name Redsnapper came up time and time again as fantastic quality at very reasonable prices. I did as much digging on the brand as I could and could not find anyone who owned a Redsnapper who was less than happy.
Yesterday I spoke to Joe at Redsnapper himself and bought a set of RS324 legs with an RSH-12 ball head. Joe also allowed me the 10% discount for being a TP member. It arrived this morning less than twenty four hours later and I had my camera mounted on it in less than 15 minutes. The quality is amazing and I quickly found the (completely new to me) ball head a pleasure to use. I must admit that I'm a little surprised however that there are absolutely no instructions supplied with the legs or head. Having said that my only minor difficulty was in working out which of the two knobs on the head adjusts the friction and which is the lock. I've settled for the little one adjusting the friction and the larger the lock. If I'm wrong please let me know. The tripod does indeed come with an excellent carrying bag with a well padded strap. The bag has an internal pocket which contains the short stem and Allen key. The head comes with a small threaded insert and tool which I think might be used if I wish to use another make of head with a smaller thread.
So with that I'd like to join the Redsnapper appreciation society I'm sure they will soon become as popular as the more major brands. Saying this I must admit to a perverse sense of satisfaction from the fact that I haven't been swayed, as I sometimes can be and bought something just for the name.
Thank you to everyone here who bought the Redsnapper brand to my attention and thank you Joe "Redsnapper" for an impeccable service.
For the past two weeks I've been searching for a replacement for my old Star 63 tripod. This was a cheap but reasonably well made item with three way pan and tilt head which has served me well enough. That was until I tried to mount my Olympus E620 with 70-300 lens, battery grip and flash on it. I should have know better shouldn't I.
Anyway I started to trawl the net and had as good as decided on a Manfrotto. I even bid on a couple for sale on Ebay but was unsuccessful .
My requirements were simple a nice set of legs with a good head (a bit like why I married my wife). I was convinced that a pan and tilt head was for me too. Then I found myself on Talk Photography and I can't understand why I never found it sooner. The name Redsnapper came up time and time again as fantastic quality at very reasonable prices. I did as much digging on the brand as I could and could not find anyone who owned a Redsnapper who was less than happy.
Yesterday I spoke to Joe at Redsnapper himself and bought a set of RS324 legs with an RSH-12 ball head. Joe also allowed me the 10% discount for being a TP member. It arrived this morning less than twenty four hours later and I had my camera mounted on it in less than 15 minutes. The quality is amazing and I quickly found the (completely new to me) ball head a pleasure to use. I must admit that I'm a little surprised however that there are absolutely no instructions supplied with the legs or head. Having said that my only minor difficulty was in working out which of the two knobs on the head adjusts the friction and which is the lock. I've settled for the little one adjusting the friction and the larger the lock. If I'm wrong please let me know. The tripod does indeed come with an excellent carrying bag with a well padded strap. The bag has an internal pocket which contains the short stem and Allen key. The head comes with a small threaded insert and tool which I think might be used if I wish to use another make of head with a smaller thread.
So with that I'd like to join the Redsnapper appreciation society I'm sure they will soon become as popular as the more major brands. Saying this I must admit to a perverse sense of satisfaction from the fact that I haven't been swayed, as I sometimes can be and bought something just for the name.
Thank you to everyone here who bought the Redsnapper brand to my attention and thank you Joe "Redsnapper" for an impeccable service.
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