Feeling rather happy that without any additional cost I've just shaved 157g off the weight of my tripod and head.
Relatively recently I've gone from full frame DSLR to MFT. Mainly for portability, I did buy a Sirui AM-223 mini tripod and the ball head I bought at the time or came with it is 365g. Realised I still have a manfrotto head from my first tripod, a manfrotto befree and so took the manfrotto plate off it and put an acra swiss compatible plate on that was lying around and down 157g.
Put the camera on the tripod and took a photo, waited 20 minutes without touching it and took another photo and no movement.
Although I suspect that weight savings may disappear when I get a new bag, want one like the lowepro protactics where you can access camera from the side without putting the bag down / easy access with protection for the camera and still some room for two water bottles and water filter gear etc.
Anyone got any further weight saving tips?
Relatively recently I've gone from full frame DSLR to MFT. Mainly for portability, I did buy a Sirui AM-223 mini tripod and the ball head I bought at the time or came with it is 365g. Realised I still have a manfrotto head from my first tripod, a manfrotto befree and so took the manfrotto plate off it and put an acra swiss compatible plate on that was lying around and down 157g.
Put the camera on the tripod and took a photo, waited 20 minutes without touching it and took another photo and no movement.
Although I suspect that weight savings may disappear when I get a new bag, want one like the lowepro protactics where you can access camera from the side without putting the bag down / easy access with protection for the camera and still some room for two water bottles and water filter gear etc.
Anyone got any further weight saving tips?