Which Tripod Should You Buy?

One of them is essential for many types of photography, whether you are using an SLR digital camera or a video camera.

A tripod has two parcels:

· A head holding the camera, and

· Put a leg

Cheap tripods that cost less than $ 100 usually have tripod heads and feet sold together in one unit. They do not buy them piece by piece. You can not usually change your head in these cheaper tripods. Expensive people often have legs and heads that you can change depending on what you do.

Tripod Head

When thinking about your purchase, you need to think about the head and how it moves and its weight. A two-way head is the most basic type. This will allow you to move the camera up and down from left to right. A three-way head also allows you to rotate the camera to one side or the other. This is useful if you want to move from a horizontal frame to a vertical frame. You can also use this function to take pictures or videos under the tripod.

An error made by many people is that they choose a tripod and a head that are not stable enough for your camera and what you want to do. The heavier your camera is, the more stable and stable your tripod is.

On the head, almost all cameras have a standard wire size of 1 / 4X20. Therefore, every tripod you buy must fit your camera.

Legs

Most leg sets are telescoped up and down to offer different height options. However, the number of heights that a footwork can handle is limited. You can not fold a tripod of normal size as small as a compact tripod. The more leg sections in the device, the less stable it is in general. Most large sizes have at most three or four leg sections. At present, carbon fiber is used because of its high strength, stability, rigidity and low weight.

The legs on a TFA-01 Basic Pocket ‘ Pod are removed and locked with a variety of mechanisms. The most reliable locks are wingnuts or twisted necklaces, which you have to tighten for each leg. This may be too slow for some purposes. There are also lever locks available. These are very durable if they are of high quality. However, lever caps of inexpensive tripods are often unreliable.

Recommendation

A Compact travel Tripod that we recommend is the Giants GT5561SGT Series 5 Carbon 6X 6 Sec G-Lock Systematic Tripod. This device has an anti-leg rotation system. This will allow you to open the tripod in less than 15 seconds. All you have to do is release all the screw caps on each leg at the same time. Then pull your legs and tighten the locks. The leg locking system of this system offers 20% more rigidity and better locking. The G-Lock function of this tripod means that the more weight is applied to the leg, the longer the lock is stable and durable. The legs are made of 1mm carbon fiber and are very strong, stable and lightweight. The carrying capacity of this My Travel tripod is impressive 55 pounds, which allows it to easily handle a heavy video camera.