Seems like a bargain @ $210 !
...Wayne
> the future, and in the present, there are some rather nice solutions.
>
> Here we have one tripod, with small ball head, and one camera, no extras,
> accessories or modifications. Is that low enough for you?
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Mis
> c&image=IMG_1116croofm.jpg>
>
> It's a Manfrotto 190cxpro3.
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/548524-
> REG/Manfrotto_190CXPRO3_190CXPRO3_3_Section_Carbon_Fiber.html>
>
> They make various models with the same center column design. Pull it all
the
> way up, pushing a little button at the end of travel, and it goes
sideways.
> Legs lock at four angles, including, as you can see, flat. Leg length uses
flip
> locks. CF and magnesium, so it's light and doesn't support vibrations.
>
> It's rated for 11 lbs. It's solid for OMs or E-thingies with non-extreme
lenses,
> Pens and E-M5 with any
> µ4/3 lens yet made. The band shots with the 75-300 @ 300 (600 mm eq.) I
> recently posted were made at full leg extension with center column raised.
> Really big, heavy lenses, especially with big pro body, would be less
solid. But
> much of that is my modest, light head.
>
> I've used Mike's Gitzo briefly. Wonderful tripod, beautifully made and
really
> solid. But, the center post tilt design is more awkward, it's much
heavier, and
> much slower to set up and take down - and (through the end of the year) it
> costs about three times as much.
>
> I ran into a woman with a bunch of Nikon gear and this tripod at a garden
a
> while ago. When I showed her what the center column does, she was
> amazed - had had no idea.
>
> As to angle finders, etc., if you need that, and shoot digital, you need a
> camera with at least a tilting screen. It's much better, with far more
angular
> flexibility and greater magnification. If you are committed to 4/3,
augment
> that E-1, E-5xx or E-4xx with an E-6xx, E-30, E-3 or E-5, all with
articulated
> screens, and free yourself! They are cheap used!
>
> BTW, the lion is a lens aficionado, peering carefully at the M.Z lens. :-)
>
> Go Low Moose
>
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