Aldi deals

Morrisseeee

Good deals in Aldi, Tripod for €17, 2G SD card for €13
/or a Hurley carrying bag for €8 >> eh !!
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_9427.htm

mrmac

The tripod is decent quality, but the head is shaky when used with a heavy camera.
I bought one last time around, but if using a heavy setup, the head isn't solid enough to be able to press the shutter, without some vibration. It's fine if you use a cable release or the timer, and it's ideal to use for holding a strobe or reflector.

Splash out and buy a more solid tripod if interested in long zooms, or long exposures.

Jeez, the hurley bag is a bit mincer-ish! How much of a slagging would you get if you turned up sporting that little gem!?

AnCatDubh

I picked up one of those tripods last time they had the deal and for the price of it you couldn't pass it up if it even lives permanently in the boot of the car

It isn't really up to a DSLR with large lens but great for smaller cameras and very useful as a stand for external flash / strobes etc.... Hard plastic screws, connectors, etc..

I found with a DSLR plus 70 - 300 (which is a heavy beast anyhow) it was a bit too much for it. It certainly would hold it but would I trust my baby on it? Nooooooo...... Might be ok with a 50mm lens or something light weight.

Again, for the money don't pass it up - If you only ever used it once it to hold a strobe it would be worth it. Infact its worth it just for the canvas carrying case if you were to throw away the contents

AnCatDubh

Ha! I cross posted with mrmac - looks like great minds and fools eh?

Morrisseeee

even lives permanently in the boot of the car

...that'd be my thinking !

How much of a slagging would you get if you turned up sporting that little gem!?

...and then pull out you 'wavin' hurley, should get a good laugh I reckon ! :pac:
/mmm.....just wondering if the 'pros' would use them on long jurneys, ie. planes etc !

mrmac

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Ha! I cross posted with mrmac - looks like great minds and fools eh?

Genius, I'd say

Morrisseeee wrote: »

...that'd be my thinking !


...and then pull out you 'wavin' hurley, should get a good laugh I reckon ! :pac:
/mmm.....just wondering if the 'pros' would use them on long jurneys, ie. planes etc !

I think the hurley bag would really take the "Hardness" out of the sport! No one messes with a guy carrying a hurley, even if he's ten and three foot nothin'!!

Put it in a bag, and it's open season!

cps_goodbuy

The cards fine by irish standards of price, though I was in germany at one of their large electronic shops and they had Toshiba SD 2GBs at 5.99 *and* buy 2 get 1 free

Edit: price mistake

Tallon

i have that stand, lives in my boot but I use it nearly everytime I take out the camera

I payed a bit more for mine but Its well worth getting it for that money

And as the guys said, it is a bit shakey with anything too big

ThOnda

Will that tripod fit into the Hurley bag? And maybe even with umbrella?

Tallon

It comes with a bag....
and no, I wouldn't say it would fit with an umbrella

Cole

Any views on the camera?
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_9426.htm

Tallon

Don't see anything wrong with it. Great little P&S and not a bad price too

Karoma

What is the max height of the tripod?
(156cm like the last one on Aldi's .co.uk site?)

Mycroft H

Karoma wrote: »

What is the max height of the tripod?
(156cm like the last one on Aldi's .co.uk site?)

It would proabably be quite wobbly at that height imo

SalthillGuy

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Good deals in Aldi, Tripod for €17, 2G SD card for €13
/or a Hurley carrying bag for €8 >> eh !!
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_9427.htm

Overall, the quality is good at Aldi.
I am always concerned that if a spare part is required, you are on your own.

AnCatDubh

Cole wrote: »

Any views on the camera?
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_9426.htm

Nothing wrong spec wise, but i'm just wondering if anyone has direct experience of this particular camera. Non branded stuff or generic branded stuff (in the past i've bought some - not from aldi - but of the non brand variety) have been very disappointed in the results realm for me.

If you were of a mind to hold off for a while and continue to save, you'll soon be in the league of looking at a P&S of the canon, nikon, pentax, olympus, fuji, or sony variety. I'd just be more comfortable with one of these brands to be honest.

Again, that doesn't say that the specific model referred to won't be good. I don't know that.

melekalikimaka

its another rebranded vivitar... utter tripe... a matchbox pinhile would give you better results

AnCatDubh

melekalikimaka wrote: »

its another rebranded vivitar... utter tripe... a matchbox pinhile would give you better results

Strange that you should mention it but Vivitar was the brand which was purchased some time ago (referred to in my post above).

Cole

I already have a Fuji S8000fd, but thought it might be handy to have a second smaller camera that I can stick in my backpocket when I'm out and about.

melekalikimaka

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Strange that you should mention it but Vivitar was the brand which was purchased some time ago (referred to in my post above).

they really arent decent cameras at all