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I'm always amazed at the price of some tripods.
Over £400 for some, not even always made of carbon fibre.
Then something actually mechanically simple, a ball head, can go for over £200.
To take an extreme. This Wimberley head over at Wex £640?!
It's a piece of metal, some clamps, screws and grease, for the price of a decent lens, full of glass, electronics and years of R&D.
Yes, you can pay less - but I quick flick through the different models suggest over £100 is standard for a ballhead, which just seems mental.
Similarly, a tripod - straight bits of metal with some clips on for over £500? You can get a decent bike with more metal, more engineering and more tech for that.
Is it just the number being produced that pushes the prices up so high?
Over £400 for some, not even always made of carbon fibre.
Then something actually mechanically simple, a ball head, can go for over £200.
To take an extreme. This Wimberley head over at Wex £640?!
It's a piece of metal, some clamps, screws and grease, for the price of a decent lens, full of glass, electronics and years of R&D.
Yes, you can pay less - but I quick flick through the different models suggest over £100 is standard for a ballhead, which just seems mental.
Similarly, a tripod - straight bits of metal with some clips on for over £500? You can get a decent bike with more metal, more engineering and more tech for that.
Is it just the number being produced that pushes the prices up so high?