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Solid, well-made, but one frustrating feature
As others have noted, this is one heck of a solid tripod, even if it's — gasp! — made in China. It's heavy enough not to shake, but not so heavy that it's annoying to carry.
It has the usual bells and whistles you'd expect, and the motion is fluid. The drawback, though, is that the adjustment handle is only for positioning the camera — you don't turn it to loosen the head.
That means you have to loosen the correct know for to allow tilting or panning, and there are a LOT of knobs because you can also raise or lower it. It sounds like a small complaint, but in the field you'll find a lot of fussing — "Is it this knob? Is it that?" — and wondering why the handle doesn't do anything.
All that said, once you get used to dealing with the complex 'interface,' it's a fine bit of kit. But I think the engineers need to redesign those features.
It has the usual bells and whistles you'd expect, and the motion is fluid. The drawback, though, is that the adjustment handle is only for positioning the camera — you don't turn it to loosen the head.
That means you have to loosen the correct know for to allow tilting or panning, and there are a LOT of knobs because you can also raise or lower it. It sounds like a small complaint, but in the field you'll find a lot of fussing — "Is it this knob? Is it that?" — and wondering why the handle doesn't do anything.
All that said, once you get used to dealing with the complex 'interface,' it's a fine bit of kit. But I think the engineers need to redesign those features.
24/07/2024