Once I bought a Gitzo there wasn't much reason to buy another tripod. But, I bought a Canon 600mm lens and decided to buy a larger Gitzo tripod and full Wimberley head. Well, the 600mm lens is gone now and so is the Wimberley head. But, the big Gitzo tripod lives on in my home studio. The medium size Gitzo is still my everyday tripod. Besides the Gitzos, I bought a small carbon fiber Benro tripod for travel. After a few years it started getting a little wobbly, so I bought another one. Those Benros now just do light work around the house and property. My travel tripod is now another Benro Mach 3. You can sort of see the trend here. I keep replacing the Benro tripods, but I've had the Gitzo tripods and monopods at least twenty years without any problems. My heads are all RRS which I've also had many years. The point is, you get what you pay for, at least in tripods and heads.
Once I bought a Gitzo there wasn't much reason to buy another tripod. But, I bought a Canon 600mm lens and decided to buy a larger Gitzo tripod and full Wimberley head. Well, the 600mm lens is gone now and so is the Wimberley head. But, the big Gitzo tripod lives on in my home studio. The medium size Gitzo is still my everyday tripod. Besides the Gitzos, I bought a small carbon fiber Benro tripod for travel. After a few years it started getting a little wobbly, so I bought another one. Those Benros now just do light work around the house and property. My travel tripod is now another Benro, but larger. You can sort of see the trend here. I keep replacing the Benro tripods, but I've had the Gitzo tripods and monopods at least twenty years without any problems. My heads are all RRS which I've also had many years. The point is, you get what you pay for, at least in tripods and heads.
Jul 31, 2020 at 06:07 PM
Previous versions of garyroach's message #15301607 « How many tripods do you guys have? »
