This is a tripod on the go, for now. Fantastic, how small so can make a great stand. Fantastic, how stable it is also at the highest extract. Fantastic, as the head can be moved softly softly when shooting video. I bought it for my TZs Panasonic: The TZ31 has now made the TZ61 Place. And neither the one nor the other is a camera that you constantly likes to carry around with a bolt, chunky "quick release plate" in a shirt pocket: That makes the whole "TZ-concept" broken. If I want to screw such a camera on a tripod / must, then it must go quickly, especially if, like me ever uses two tripods: high headstock, fix camera, insert screw, tighten, done! And not: Oh God! "Quick" -Wechselplatte log. Remember how it around pure again must. The stupid part in the proper orientation to a camera base screw which acts fairly lost in relation thereto. Search for a coin to firmly enough dranzukriegen the dummerhaftige part ... fix the combination of pressing the release button at the top. For shooting! This tripod with a "normal" head for direct screwing and unscrewing: Genial. Just as it is too cumbersome and the new version with round quick-change part.