In fact, a few days into using the tripod, I nicknamed it Aretha. Even with a Sigma 150-600mm zoom (you’ll read about thatĪwesome lens in an upcoming review), it kept pace with Aretha’s lyrics: rock steady. I’ve been a pretty loyal Manfrotto user for many years and so I expected a solid platform and this tripod delivered: for a tripod of moderate weight (IĬarried it around a lot and never noticed the 6.5 pound weight) it is both rugged and strong and its controls are all very simple to use. The legs determine two things: the height range that you can work with and Tripod is a pretty simple animal and when you get down to it, they all consist of two basic pieces: the legs and the head.
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These two legs.The red collar that you see is a part of the right-angle option for the center column (see more about that feature below). The Easy Link system lets you attach tripod accessories via a threaded outlet hidden under the small plastic cover between Top of each leg and then choosing one of the four click-stop settings. Outdoor photography because you often have natural obstructions like rocks or trees keeping you from finding the perfect angle.Īdjusting the leg angles is as simple as sliding the long silver levers at the The ability to set the leg angles independently is crucial when it comes to Those early days came rushing back to me as I unboxed Manfrotto’s 055 aluminum tripod with a XPRO ball headĪnd so, with Aretha shouting in my head, I hopped into the car to put it to the Wiggy Tripod Test. Today, I probably shoot 90-percent of my photographs with my camera mounted on a tripod because whatever else is happeningĪround me I need to know one thing: that my camera is rock steady. I might not have been any more creative, but my pictures were sharp where I wanted them toīe sharp and intentional motion blur became a part of my visual language. I saw an immediate and radical improvement in the quality of my images. Would certainly get more sleep.” The next day, out of sheer frustration, I absconded with one of my father’s big clunky tripods and began shooting every single photograph with it.
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Professional photographer with flawless technique) said to me, “You’d get better pictures if you would just commit to using a tripod for every shot you take-and your mother and I I was extremely hard on myself when it came to technical matters. That I often sacrificed adequate depth of field or optimum sharpness for convenience. I hated that my photographs were not tack sharp and I’m surprised they didn’t move me (or themselves) out to the garage. Slides like missiles around my bedroom and cursing a blue streak. In the wee hours, my parents (in an adjacent bedroom) would hear me tossing For all of the creative vision that I thought I had, my technique was horrid. Shooting Kodachrome was my passion, I would spend hours in the middle of the night hunched over a light table with a loupe in my hand meticulously examining slides-and chastising myself very When I was in my late teens, first getting serious about photography and Head. At 6.5 pounds it's pretty easy to carry anywhere. The Manfrotto 055 (aluminum version) with the XPRO ball
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Max height: 71.26 inches (with center column down: 59.45 inches) Material: aluminum (also available in carbon fiber) We were both stepping' out in the Tripod Zone and loving it. Photographed him on a rock-steady jetty on Long Island Sound using a rock-steady Manfrotto 055 tripod. I don't know what brand of tripod this guy was using, but I