Tripod recommendation please

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I'm looking for a tripod to hold a 7D and say Sigma 150-500 lens that goes very low.

I have a Benro which is great but doesn't go down low enough.

So can anybody suggest a good steady tripod that would allow me to shoot at say 20" or 50cm in new money.

Hope that's clear enough

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Simon.
 
What's your budget?

Manfrotto 190XPROB has a minimum height of 8.5cm, 055XPROB is 10cm and the Slik Pro 700DX is 27.5cm - so all well under 50cm, all good steady tripods and all around £100 to £120. Max load capacity is around 7kg for the Slik and Manfrotto 55 and 5kg for the 190 vs your camera + lens weight of around 3kg.

[Those were the ones I shortlisted that were within my budget, but if your budget is higher then you might get something even sturdier.]
 
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applemint said:
What's your budget?

Manfrotto 190XPROB has a minimum height of 8.5cm, 055XPROB is 10cm and the Slik Pro 700DX is 27.5cm - so all well under 50cm, all good steady tripods and all around £100 to £120. Max load capacity is around 7kg for the Slik and Manfrotto 55 and 5kg for the 190 vs your camera + lens weight of around 3kg.

[Those were the ones I shortlisted that were within my budget, but if your budget is higher then you might get something even sturdier.]
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Thanks,

Sounds silly but after reading all the posts about not buying cheap tripods I'd rather spend too much than too little.

However I really love my Benro and don't want to spend hundreds and not use the Benro, if you see where I'm coming from. :D

So, maybe £150, around that mark.
 
I got a manfrotto 190x for £50 from classified here :-)
 
I really like my red snapper tripod.
I put a manfrotto ball head on and it took my 1ds and 120-300 no probs

Sorry I'm not sure on the model numbers without looking
 
I've got a red snapper carbon, and replaced the ball head with a manfrotto pistol grip one. I really like it as it does everything I want. It's light so I'll take it places, goes really low, especially if I swap the the long centre pole for the really short one it comes with.
 
I have a Giottos, it has the centre column that can go out sideways, so can get low.
Redsnapper is a cheaper option though.
 
Byker28i said:
I've got a red snapper carbon, and replaced the ball head with a manfrotto pistol grip one. I really like it as it does everything I want. It's light so I'll take it places, goes really low, especially if I swap the the long centre pole for the really short one it comes with.
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Why do you have the pistol grip on, what do you shoot please?

I'm thinking it could be useful for cricket and rugby,
 
Silver Simon said:
Why do you have the pistol grip on, what do you shoot please?

I'm thinking it could be useful for cricket and rugby,
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I found my red snapper ball head had a slight movement in it when locked and I wasn't sure if that was causing movement out of focus shots ( which I think in hindsight it was with the shutter/mirror movement), I've replaced it with a manfrotto 372 head, because I found it quick and easy to use. Only problem is it sticks out the bag.

You do need to work out what you want from a tripod. The red snapper carbon is light, which is what I wanted it for as I wouldn't take it anywhere for night shots etc if it was heavy to carry, but that does mean its not as stable as the heavy ones. However there's a hook on the underneath of the centre console that I hang my bag on for extra weight if required.

There are other tripods wrong, that do different things, but this setup works great for me.
 
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Byker28i said:
I found my red snapper ball head had a slight movement in it when locked and I wasn't sure if that was causing movement out of focus shots ( which I think in hindsight it was with the shutter/mirror movement), I've replaced it with a manfrotto 372 head, because I found it quick and easy to use. Only problem is it sticks out the bag.

You do need to work out what you want from a tripod. The red snapper carbon is light, which is what I wanted it for as I wouldn't take it anywhere for night shots etc if it was heavy to carry, but that does mean its not as stable as the heavy ones. However there's a hook on the underneath of the centre console that I hang my bag on for extra weight if required.

There are other tripods wrong, that do different things, but this setup works great for me.
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I'm looking to get down low for rugby and in the summer cricket.

You then mentioned a pistol grip and to be honest I didn't know they existed! That got me thinking that type of thing would be great for my use.

That is why I wondered what it is you use the low tripod and grip for.
 
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