Rick Sir, I am an old timer, and so are my Tripods - some (5) of them bought over time. Only two are light and strong enough to be called Travel Tripods - of a sort, to say hold a DSLR with a 300 mm Lens. Body with the Lens may be just around 3 Kg, but the Lens Overhang, Stability and Dynamic Load calls for a (9) Kg Load bearing Tripod with Ball Head. So Sir 3-times the Gear weight. Both my Tripods were converted to Ball Heads, one Heavy Duty - to 15 Kg Load, and the other light duty - 5 Kg. The collapsed Height of the Heavy duty one is some 16 inches and the other 13 inches. I found on my Travels round the World that the best Tripod should fold down to 13 inches for ease of carrying, take a gear load of 8 Kg (17.6 lbs) for safety and stability. I have left the Weight of the Tripod Open - depending on whether it is Aluminum or Carbon Fiber.
So my tripods do not meet Travel Criteria. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.