Can you stop me from buying a carbon tripod for £110?

[tikkathreebarrel]

Please, has anyone here got direct experience of this tripod:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Pro-Carbon-Fiber-Camera-tripod-for-Camera-GX-1128_W0QQitemZ170328767918QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item27a862bdae

I don't need another tripod.
I have one which doesn't get enough use but maybe because that one is old, aluminium and fairly heavy.
With Christmas around the corner, I ought not be spending money on unproven, no-name brand items I don't need.:bonk::bonk:

[kiteninja]

Slaps tikkathreebarrel

Step away from ebay lol

[fezzr]

I have a good quality light weight tripod, and i find it too light that it moves so might as well shoot hand held.

[malla1962]

you get what you pay for, walk away.

[RichardtheSane]

Step back

Look here

http://www.aldine.co.uk/redsnapper/tripod-283c.html

Calculate the risk of a noname jobbie vs the known one for £20 more.

[DiddyDave]

Carbon (or any lightweight) tripods are a daft idea IMO

Don't do it :shake:

DD

[mikeyt]

those red snapper tripods look good.. thanks for the hint!

[Steve Smith]

Carbon (or any lightweight) tripods are a daft idea IMO

Unless you have to carry it any great distance. In which case, weigh it down with a bag of rocks or something similar.

If it's going to stay in a studio though, that's another matter!


Steve.

[malla1962]

Carbon (or any lightweight) tripods are a daft idea IMO

Don't do it :shake:

DDWhen you have a 500mm lens on top and a gimble its no longer light.:D

[Hairyduck]

those ebay ones are exact rippofs of the gitzos, but probably without the build quality

[Byker28i]

Carbon (or any lightweight) tripods are a daft idea IMO

Don't do it :shake:

DD

Really? When you carry them a reasonable distance i.e. onto the beach very early in the morning/late at night etc, then they are worth more than they're weight in gold.

I had a heavy tripod and it just stayed at home and got occasional use in the garden.

Redsnapper tripods have a decent size spung loaded hook on the bottom of the centre column which I have hung my photo bag on to weight it down. Worked a treat last week in high winds taking shots of the moon with a 50D, 100-400 lens and 2X convertor.

[seventythree]

Really? When you carry them a reasonable distance i.e. onto the beach very early in the morning/late at night etc, then they are worth more than they're weight in gold.

I had a heavy tripod and it just stayed at home and got occasional use in the garden.

Redsnapper tripods have a decent size spung loaded hook on the bottom of the centre column which I have hung my photo bag on to weight it down. Worked a treat last week in high winds taking shots of the moon with a 50D, 100-400 lens and 2X convertor.

:plusone:

why carry extra weight in a tripod when you can just hang you kit bag off the bottom. works for me :thumbs: The RS carbon tripod isn't exactly featherweight anyway, especially with the ball head.

[Steve Smith]

Really? When you carry them a reasonable distance i.e. onto the beach very early in the morning/late at night etc, then they are worth more than they're weight in gold..

I like the irony in that sentence! (although you meant their).


Steve.

[Byker28i]

I like the irony in that sentence! (although you meant their).


Steve.

Should have been

Spelling - see me after class :D
Teach me for rushing

[DiddyDave]

You're all wimps !!! :lol:

If you wanna save some weight - keep off the fast food for a month or two and you'll easily lose more than the weight your overpriced carbon tripod saved you :D

DD