Cheapish Tripod?

[Kosta]

Hi all,

I am after a relatively cheap tripod for taking static pictures of cars and motorcycles.

Can anyone recommend anything to me?

Many thanks

 

[hypnotic]

Help us out here a bit.

What camera and lens are you likely to use and how much do you wish to spend?

 

[EOS_JD]

The problem with most cheap tripods is that they do nothing to make your images better. A small wift o air is enough to cause camera shake.

Get a Manfroto 190 or an 055 proB and a decent head and you will enjoy using it rather than be frustrated with a jessops cheapy.

 

[Arkady]

Look in the 'For Sale' section here:
Gitzo Tripod

 

[Kosta]

Ah sorry.... was half asleep at time.

I have a D50 and will be using either a Sigma 70-300 or the 18-55mm it came with.

 

[sue]

Other option is a beanbag.

My mum made us one each out of a brown leather so we can wipe them down if they get dirty from mud or anything like that.

 

[EOS_JD]

Beanbags work well when you have something to use as support. If you want a nice landscape shot and the only option you have is to place the beanbag is the ground then you're not going to have a very nice landscape image are you?

 

[stephenb]

I recently got a manfrotto modo, it was small enough to fit in my case to take on holiday, took the weight of the 20d and siggy10-20 (just) and stayed solid even 3700m up mount teide. £40 from fotosense bolton.