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Chevy
PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:43 pm 
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On a budget for a tripod.

At most the tripod need's to hold a 5D with a 100mm L macro lens attached.

Can you please provide suggestions?
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Secondhand, either craigslist, or here on tpmg in the buy/sell. Budget $300 if you can. You'll find a way to outgrow it otherwise IMHO.
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hotwire wrote:
Secondhand, either craigslist, or here on tpmg in the buy/sell. Budget $300 if you can. You'll find a way to outgrow it otherwise IMHO.

Any specific model I should look at in your opinion? :)
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Look into Vanguard. You'll be able to get a great tripod new for around $200.
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ions wrote:
Look into Vanguard. You'll be able to get a great tripod new for around $200.


+1

http://www.adencamera.com/product-overviewer.asp?ProdID=3507&Category=33

Currently I'm using an entry level manfrotto+ballhead that I spent $300 on and It's not the greatest. Specifically it's height, it only goes up about 4 feet before I have to start using the stem, and the stem on that thing sucks.

My next tripod will be the one above. Its no $500+ tripod, but it'll do the job.
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Go to downtown or Henrys and try them. For my first tripod I brought a $109 Velbon Sherpa because it was the stiffest of the under $200 tripods. 7 years later and it still does the job and still one of the better under $200 tripods. It's important to make sure the tripod carrying capacity is greater then your camera plus heaviest lens. If you shoot video you might want a different type of head (fluid head). Personally I like the standard pan tilt rather then a ball head I find them easier to do panoramic shots.
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A Tripod is one of the things that I would not cheap out on.....
300$ is a good budget...try getting a ball head easy to recompose shots...and gets to the angle you want in no time...

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/pho/2906812208.html

try the above ...
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Manfrotto 055XProB

Only $200 on eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120840091541?ru ... 3D1&_rdc=1

At Aden, it's currently $250 + tax
http://www.adencamera.com/product-overv ... ategory=33

At DT, it's currently $240 + tax
http://www.downtowncamera.com/index.php ... t&Itemid=2

At Vistek, it's also $240 + tax
http://www.vistek.ca/store/ProPhotoTrip ... black.aspx

And at Henry's, $240 + tax
http://www.henrys.com/9863-MANFROTTO-05 ... ONTAL.aspx
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Viton's post fails to include the cost of the head, quick release system, etc.

The Manfrotto QR plates (commonly called RC2) are the most popular, but I have issues with them.

Which version of the 5D? Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3?

Do you have the tripod collar for your 100 L?
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hotwire wrote:
Viton's post fails to include the cost of the head, quick release system, etc.


As does OP.
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