tripods

[craigieboi]

am looking to get a tripod which ones are good value for money ( its for a canon 400)

many thanks

 

[Cranky]

Hi fella,

It might help your post if you say what kind of budget your looking at, if you need it to be lightweight or more sturdy and maybe the type of photography you do.

 

[craigieboi]

thanks cranky ( didnt know there was so much involved with buying a tripod ) :shrug:

am happy to go around the £50 mark and i plan on a wide range of photography from portrait to landscape and sports/ macro etc

lightwieght isnt a necessity

hth

 

[Cranky]

I thought the same so bought a cheapo Hama, regretted it ever since I put the 400D on it, it seems to suffer from wind shaking it, its too low for my lanky frame and its crap for adjustability.

 

[seriousrikk]

Go read up on Redsnapper (See for sale forum here)
Best value for money tripod out there IMO. Bit over £50 but tbh cheap tripods usually get replaced at some point anyway.

 

[craigieboi]

so dyu think i should look for quite a heavy one then yes?

 

[BenMottram]

so dyu think i should look for quite a heavy one then yes?

Did you look at the redsnapper ones? they are very sturdy and worth every penny.

B.

 

[craigieboi]

thanks ben just saw your post now will do some reading now

 

[nikontos]

Hi, don`t buy new! they are going second hand for less than 50% original price, I just recently won a tripod on ebay for £2 (worth £49 new), but cancelled it as the seller was not happy. anyway I only intended it as a lighting stand. couple days ago i bought a used Feisol carbon fiber. the good ones last very long, the cheap ones will need upgrade soon after (you will end up spending more).

 

[bradleysmith]

Go read up on Redsnapper (See for sale forum here)
Best value for money tripod out there IMO. Bit over £50 but tbh cheap tripods usually get replaced at some point anyway.

I've tried reaching the Redsnapper website for a few days but no joy:

http://www.redsnapperuk.com/

 

[sony53]

Get a redsnapper you cant go wrong

 

[Cranky]

@bradleysmith - Redsnapper site working just fine

this is the link to the legs and head combo
http://www1.clikpic.com/Redsnapper/photo_3193393.html

 

[upperoilcan]

Get a redsnapper you cant go wrong

got mine yesterday and am really pleased with it,super value

 

[craigieboi]

thanks people think am gonna look into the red snapper ( anyone selling one)

 

[SuperCNJ]

I can only reiterate what has been said. You need to spend as much as you can afford on a tripod. Cheap ones really aren't worth looking at. I've got 5 tripods, all increasing in price as I realised that its not worth spending money on cheap ones.

The one I currently use is the Manfrotto 190CX-PRO4 and the 488 RC2 head. Its quite light in weight and is small enough for me to carry around but its quite expensive being carbon. Its sturdy enough for me but as its light in weight you need to weigh it down a tad in very windy conditions.

 

[daftbugga]

sorry to butt in with a question but, can you set the legs of a redsnapper tripod to different angles like you can with a manfrotto.
i've always found it useful to be able to splay the legs on a manfrotto to varying angles such as being on a hill.

 

[seriousrikk]

sorry to butt in with a question but, can you set the legs of a redsnapper tripod to different angles like you can with a manfrotto.
i've always found it useful to be able to splay the legs on a manfrotto to varying angles such as being on a hill.

Yep, you can indeed