The Manfrotto legs are better made than Sliks or Velbons, in general. Parts are generally a little more readily available in my experience too. But if you're not using the tripod particularly heavily, the Slik or some of the Velbon models (the Camargue comes to mind) are a good, lower cost option.
Regards heads, I would stick with Manfrotto, Giottos, Gitzo or some of the higher end heads. The tripod head is the part you need to work with every day, and most of the less expensive ones become an annoyance very quickly. Godfrey On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Fernando wrote: > Thanks guys for all the useful ideas/recommendation, I'm kind of lost > with Godfrey/Bob's discussion but I'm writting down the heads' model > codes and I'll give them a look at Henry's to see if I can understand > better. I think they might carry Slik as well so I can give it a look. > Mark's suggestion seems like a bargain for a fiber carbon tripod, is > there any advantage by going with Manfrotto or I'm just paying for > "brand"? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
