Mark, Take a look at the Feisol CT3442 Tournament legs at http://www.feisol.net/
They're very strong, very nicely made, extremely light, and pack down to be quite compact (about 19" long, 5 inches diameter; weight including case is 4.1 lbs complete when fitted with a Markins Q3 Emille or Acratech Ultimate Ball Head). Without column extension, they put the camera up to about 61" off the ground, with the column extended, the head base is 72" high. I've been using them for about 7 months and am completely satisfied. The Markins Q3 fits beautifully and works very smoothly. Payload capability on this tripod is about 25 lbs. Godfrey On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I currently have an aluminum Manfrotto 3021 and a carbon fiber Gitzo > Mountaineer 1227 (I think). > > The Aluminum tripod is a bit big and heavy for lugging around the > mountains and the Gitzo CF isn't sturdy enough to yield sharp shots > with my 300 (especially when using a teleconverter). Also, the > twist-lock legs and some other atrributes of the Gitzo are a right > PITA. > > Anyone got recommendations for a good carbon fiber 'pod with > sturdiness > comparable to my aluminum 3021? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
