Travel tripod for Thailand?

Prophet · 11 Nov 2013 at 13:45

I need a small, lightweight and 'budget' tripod for my trip to Thailand. Was thinking about a Gorilla Pod with the quick release mount but worried it won't hold a 40D with a 17-50 Tamron lens?

Any real world experience of these?

Prophet · 13 Nov 2013 at 15:49

jonneymendoza said:
i just bought a gitzo travel series tripod for this sort of purpose but any old small carbon fibre tripod thats £150+ should do the trick

Not really the budget solution I was looking for but thanks for the recommendation.

Prophet · 13 Nov 2013 at 16:34

jonneymendoza said:
what is your budget?

Sub £50 would be ideal.

Prophet · 14 Nov 2013 at 12:06

a1ex2001 said:
I've had a gorrilapod in the bag for years for just this purpose and it works fine, mainly gets used for taking timer photo's of me and the misses when there is nobody else around. I've not got a quick release as it's so quick to screw on and it happily handles my 5D mkii and Tamorn 28-75mm f2.8.

I've tried the bean bag/rucksack appraoch and the gorrilapod always produces better results with a lot less fuss plus it gan be used on all sorts of other ojects from trees to fence posts. I have a lovely set of the sun setting over Uluru taken with the gamera on the gorrilapod perched ontop of a slope topped post.

Exactly what I need to know, thanks

What GP model do you have?

Prophet · 14 Nov 2013 at 14:26

a1ex2001 said:
I have an SLR zoom and while obviously it's no replacment for a full sized Gitzos for professional landscape work it is great on a holiday and has let me get some shots that otherwise would not have been possible.

Perfect! I'll be using it for similar reasons to you so it's good to know it's up to the job. Thanks for your input