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Black Friday, £130 later

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Haven't had a chance to try it, but I've been looking for a decent tripod for a while, and when this came up on Black Friday, I figured I'd pick it up. For reference, Manfrotto 190cx3.

It seems reasonably stable, need to pick up a ball head for it at some point, it loses some stability when the legs are really out flat, but I've found a better way to attach camera for close to ground shots, just have to be ok taking shots upside down xD

kd
 
King Damager said:
Black Friday, £130 later

Haven't had a chance to try it, but I've been looking for a decent tripod for a while, and when this came up on Black Friday, I figured I'd pick it up. For reference, Manfrotto 190cx3.

It seems reasonably stable, need to pick up a ball head for it at some point, it loses some stability when the legs are really out flat, but I've found a better way to attach camera for close to ground shots, just have to be ok taking shots upside down xD

kd
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Similar to mine, I think mine is the 190cxpro4 instead of 3! Not the most stable thing to strap a long lens to for long exposures but I don't mind lugging it around since its nice and light :) often use it as a monopod/bipod to make it more mobile.

I got the 468MG Manfrotto head to go with it and it works well together :)

How you finding your 18-35mm? I think that's next on my buy list.
 
Phal said:
Similar to mine, I think mine is the 190cxpro4 instead of 3! Not the most stable thing to strap a long lens to for long exposures but I don't mind lugging it around since its nice and light :) often use it as a monopod/bipod to make it more mobile.

I got the 468MG Manfrotto head to go with it and it works well together :)

How you finding your 18-35mm? I think that's next on my buy list.
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I don't have a 18-35 :( they're not ff supportable :( otherwise I probably would xD

It seems really hard to destable.... May because it's 3 rather than 4 extensions

kd
 
King Damager said:
I don't have a 18-35 :( they're not ff supportable :( otherwise I probably would xD

It seems really hard to destable.... May because it's 3 rather than 4 extensions

kd
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Ah yeah, my apologies, I'm getting you confused with Buzzlightweight lol :)

The tripod itself is stable but because it's quite light you need to weigh it down a bit on grass. The spike feet probably help with that but I haven't bought those yet. I also get the impression there's a bit of flex when I use bigger/longer lenses but maybe that's in my head hehe.
 
King Damager said:
Black Friday, £130 later

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Haven't had a chance to try it, but I've been looking for a decent tripod for a while, and when this came up on Black Friday, I figured I'd pick it up. For reference, Manfrotto 190cx3.

It seems reasonably stable, need to pick up a ball head for it at some point, it loses some stability when the legs are really out flat, but I've found a better way to attach camera for close to ground shots, just have to be ok taking shots upside down xD

kd
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i think thats the same tripod i got. hardly use it as i felt it was too heavy and bulky to carry around :(
 
I took some photos last night for an event at my students union. One of the guys who works for the union media team was there with a 1DX and 70-200 f2.8 which is owned by the uni.

I managed to have a very quick go with it and can't believe just how good the kit is! What I hadn't realised is just how effortless it is to turn the zoom ring on the lens. It also weighed a ton!

I'm now finding it even more difficult to hold out on a purchase for the 70-200mm f4. I will own it eventually, it's just a matter of when I can afford it!

When I mentioned to the guy that I was looking at buying the f4 version, he looked at me and said "I have no idea what that means."

And he gets paid to use a 1DX and L glass!!!!!!
 
Just got these bad boys from ASDA, only £1.50 each!

They must be good because they've got Polaroid written on. Right?

Now to go some serious landscape.

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Can't seem to find the tripod bush though..
 
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Wanted to get into photography for some time, so thought this would be a good starter unit other than the normal phone-cam or pocket cam -

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Its not as fan-dangle as some of the more expensive units, money was tight as it was part of a birthday gift, but seemed to have good features for the money, i was looking at getting a larger lens to work with it, something like the 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX, which can be had for around the £90 mark, or would there be better suggestions, would that be a good choice as an additional lens ?
 
I'm in a real pickle at the moment.

I'm really tempted to sell all of my SLR gear and get an X-Pro1 (especially as Fuji have the free lens deal on at the moment).

But I don't think I can bring myself to sell it, it's not exactly cheap kit and I've spent a lot on it over the years (D3 + lots of pro grade lenses).

Has anyone made a switch like this?

If I do I don't think I would sell the D3 body, as I doubt you'd get as much as I think for it, and if I want to go back to SLR I have that ready.

The biggest thing is I could sell my Nikon 70-200 VRII for almost the price of the whole X-Pro1 kit!! Hmmmmmm......
 
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