Recomend A Tripod

TonyFella

Hi im looking for a tripod but there are lots of them to choose from im looking for one with telescopic legs

Il be using it with a D3000

nilhg

Budget?

Fenster

I use this with this on top. While sturdy, it is probably overkill for you.

TonyFella

Id like to keep it handy to carry with me my budget would be under a 100e

TonyFella

Fenster wrote: »

I use this with this on top. While sturdy, it is probably overkill for you.

I like the design of that tripod is it silly money? How long is it when its collapsed?

Roy Rogers

I purchased this myself about two weeks ago.

Have to say I really like it, having a tripod makes things like night photography actually possible

It's a basic enough model I think, but it holds up to 5kg weight (I have a maximum of 2kg on it) and it goes both reasonably low and high, which is nice when you're tall!

EDIT: also, to carry it around, I splashed out on a roof-rack strap from Tesco and use it as a shoulder strap -- cost me all of €3.89!

DutchGuy

I'd suggest popping into a few camera shops and seeing what's around. It's hard to tell on the internet whether you will feel it's too heavy to take out with you.

Though the Manfrotto tripods are great, I have been very happy with my Slik tripod. Look for one that can go very low down and has a metal head.

Thecageyone

A guy from another forum I post on [non-photography] sent me an old tripod he had in his shed when he seen me say i needed one. I sent him a £5 amazon voucher for it that was no use to me. It cost him £11 to send the thing! I doubt it's even worth that much! It's a Hakuba 232 ... it does the job. But then I only use a bridge cam at the moment, when I get my dslr I might want something a little sturdier. but I've had this one out and about for night shooting and it's never blown away, even in strong wind.

Depends what you're looking for, if you're going to be shooting at all kinds of angles, then sturdy as you can get, and obviously one with a good swiveling head. but if it's just for long exposures, then ANY tripod that isn't light as a feather, or even a gorrilapod, will do the trick.

If it's just to look cool ... erm, spend thousands ...

Tactical

Well over the E100 budget and that's vefore you even consider a head, but given the talk of sturdy, wind etc... I though I'd throw in my 2 cents worth...

This is what I use with a selection of heads:-

http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/2288?fullList=0|68|69|70|71&idx=71

Its a tripod I'd highly recommend. probably a bit heavy for trecking up a mountain but having that said I have carried it up the odd hill or two. It definately won't move or blow over too easily in the wind

woytek_tzn

My first tripod was Hama 61 or 63 don't remember but was broken after 2 weeks,bought it over the internet for 12e new hehe.

trishw78

Pop into Argos or Sam McCauley's they have tripods in that range

gerardduff

woytek_tzn wrote: »

My first tripod was Hama 61 or 63 don't remember but was broken after 2 weeks,bought it over the internet for 12e new hehe.

I just bought a hama 62 on amazon...hoping to hang on to it for longer than a forthnight.;)

TonyFella

Thanks everyone for the quick reply's im heading into town now to have a look around at them.

iv hidden the credit card in the Freezer

Jackobyte

woytek_tzn wrote: »

My first tripod was Hama 61 or 63 don't remember but was broken after 2 weeks,bought it over the internet for 12e new hehe.

I bought a Hama Star 63 there a few weeks ago for €25 in Spectre Photo, Cork. Hoping it's a bit better than your one!:o

Heebie

I shoot with the same tripod as this chap, but a very, very different style of head.

tripod: http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/14791
head: http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/off/pid/2344?livid=80|81&idx=85

I have a macro-focusing rail: http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/offonce/pid/3226

and a few spare mounting plates so that I don't have to swap them around if I want to switch camera bodies: http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/3273

One thing I would not recommend is a cheap tripod, as a cheap tripod is not going to work well for you if you need to do long exposures.. it'll be flimsy.
The one myself and Fenster use is a very good compromise between weight and stability... it's not horribly heavy or huge.. but it's far from small.. and it's very stable, very versatile, and very TALL for a collapsible tripod.

If you are going to be shooting mainly under brightly-lit conditions, and don't need to shoot from exactly the same spot & angle several shots in a row.. or if you need really fast setup, consider buying a GOOD monopod instead of a cheap tripod.

http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/21910?livid=107|117&lsf=117&child=2
http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/off/pid/2366?livid=107|117&idx=119

Fenster wrote: »

I use this with this on top. While sturdy, it is probably overkill for you.