Tripod help

[c22w1]

Hi

I have 2 tripods, albeit at the budget end of the scale and I am now needing to upgrade. I need a tripod that will hold my camera (7D) and lens (tamron 70-300mm VC) combination with no movement, or as little as possible. At full zoom both of my current tripods are just not adequate enough and I am finding it very difficult to manual focus because of the movement and cannot get clear pictures at long exposures unless it is a very still day with no wind at all (VC off of course).
I am looking at the Redsnapper range with a ball head as i believe this is the most sturdy combo? will any of these suit my needs and if so which combination?
My budget is around up to £120
Thanks

 

[c22w1]

I should also add that I would like to try out macro focus stacking at sime point in the future which at the moment with what I have is near on impossible.

 

[insertusernamehere]

We're an all red snapper family these days.


I've got the older 283 with a manfrotto pistol grip ball head

My missus does almost exclusively macro now and she has the new 283 with the manfrotto 410 geared head.

I would personally recommend getting the 283 with the basic 3 way head package, then upgrading the head as and when you feel you need to.
This is what we both did, although the 3-ways still get used on the monopods!