Right, everything I’m shooting at the moment is hand held, at least for 99% of the time with the odd occasion when I use a monopod. I’ve decided that, in certain circumstances, a tripod is going to be beneficial to me.
Must have a gimbal head and be very stable without weighing as much as Hattie Jacques eating a dolphin. Budget £1200 max.
Used to have an aluminium Manfrotto for a 'scope I had years ago. It corroded fairly badly, so god knows what the salt air up here would do to it. Maybe they’ve improved the quality of the fittings/nuts/bolts etc. on the CF ones?
I will add that a semi-pro photographer friend recommended a Rollei Pro model which looks good and is 800 euro on their website. Unfortunately they don’t ship to UK (post Brexit) and it’s only available on Amazon
Nice one, keep us updated with how it all works out.
This is what I was thinking. That Lens Master seems a bargain and the ease of maintenance would do it for me. At that price you can go for whatever tripod you want and have a killer bit of kit.