Question - Tripod

[Gabe]

Ive got two tripods, a big manfrotto, a cheap hama of the same sort of size but alot lighter. Anyone got any tips on a tripod that will fold up small enough to go inside a camera bag but sturdy enough that it will hold a Canon 60D with a 135mm lens?

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Stick with the Manfrotto for holding that fairly chunky camera, in my opinion.

 

[m9]

http://www.velbon.co.uk/products/photo/ultra_UT-43D.html
This is a pretty hot contender. Folds up small enough to go inside a bag if you dont want a massive hunk of metal rattling about when climbing scaff or waltzing through hotel lobbys but extends to about 5 1/2 foot.

I've pretty much permanently relegated my posh manfrotto to the cupboard for anything but walk-ins and landscape photography.

 

[Gabe]

I havnt actually taken the manfrotto out yet, its reserved for the studio, its pretty heavy, even the hama gets in the way and was a frickin nightmare at Pye.

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

I use this one, it's a cracking bit of kit with a 1.5kg weight limit

 

[Oxygen Thief]

I use this one, it's a cracking bit of kit with a 1.5kg weight limit

Haha the evil Modo

 

[Oxygen Thief]

One of these might do the job... http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000A1T168/?tag=networkmechan-21

 

[Ojay]

Cheers fishy that Velbon looks like just what I'm after