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15-10-09, 01:23
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Giottos MTL9351B
Im looking to get a tripod and have been seriously looking at the above model Giottos MTL9351B, Whats the feeling about it? + point comes with a reasonable head which I can change when I need to. £119 quite respectable....
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15-10-09, 13:31
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I've not used a Giottos tripod in the field but a place I used to work sold them so I have spent some time playing with them. They appear to be closely modeled on Manfrotto tripods (which isn't a bad thing), but are cheaper and lighter. The legs of the Giottos seemed to have a bit more wobble but they still seemed quite stable when being used. Overall I think that they offer good value though I doubt you'd get as many years of service out of one as a Manfrotto will give.
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15-10-09, 17:22
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Never used a Giottos, but for the budget you're looking at, the Velbon Sherpa stuff is good. Don't advise buying a Velbon CF5xx model though (much as I don't recommend Manfrotto 190 series), too light for their own good.
The best thing you can do is go to a shop and have a good play with some. You can learn a lot by having a "wobble" with a range of items, far more than you'd ever learn from internet forum opinion.
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15-10-09, 19:25
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Thx guys, after all that I did indeed go into the shop and I got the Giottos model I posted above it seems everything I need and more.... I do own a Manfrotto Modo compact tripod too which I use for my Sony HDR SR12E camcorder, great for that but it buckles under the weight of the Canon 5D MKII with lens
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