Help deciding on next lens

[Richard Lane]

Mpieris,

Thank You!

Manfrotto makes quality tripods and offers some nice features, like the tilting and pivoting center column. The one that Neuro recommended is a nice one and it's reasonably priced for it's quality, as tripods can get very expensive quickly. I'm not a fan of the Manfrotto proprietary quick release below either. I found it a little cumbersome to use. I also think there are better choices than a Manfrotto Head.

Here is an example:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...tem_Quick.html


The way to go is with the more universal, Arca-Swiss style. You will also need to buy a camera body plate. There is the knob release and the lever release.

http://reallyrightstuff.com/Items.as...ampsLR&key=cat

Here are some other quality heads of varying prices:

http://reallyrightstuff.com/Items.aspx?code=BALLHEADS&key=cat

http://www.markinsamerica.com/MA5/category.php?req=1

http://bestballhead.com/list.aspx?cat=100

http://www.kirkphoto.com/Ball-Heads.html



Other reasonably priced ,quality tripod legs and heads are from Feisol:

http://www.feisol.net/feisol-tournament-tripod-ct3442-rapid-p-31.html

I'll be gone for the day, so I'll check back tonight or tomorrow.

Have fun looking,
Rich