With the experience in photography not only the equipment but also the right to the same, and the desire to discover other fields is growing.
When searching for the use suitability it was to answer the following questions for me:
1. Can I get to the stand far down in order to achieve ground-level shots? For video as well as still images?
Answer: Yes, go. Minimum 10 cm height. Spread to the tripod legs maximum and places around the center column, I get deep down, as during my military service.
2. How can I get that I do not - depending on the settings of the camera - a part of the stand (usually it is the legs) have on the recording?
Answer: Go even if you spread the tripod legs enough and again flips the center column in the horizontal or even introduces his head down. It even increases the stability (tendency to tilt when leaving the tripod center), the wider the spread angle of the legs is adjusted.
3. the tripod of the maximum structure size to is appropriate that I can stand comfortably and not bent over with my just over 1.80 m body length or cramped behind the "lens"?
Answer: Fits. One need not even extend the center column with my body length. Subtracting from all leg segments, plus mounted tripod head, plus an attached camera, the viewfinder of the camera ends exactly at eye level.
4. Has the tripod sufficient reserves can keep up with my ever-growing demands and increasing camera equipment?
5. Is the tripod stable enough to hold about a DSLR + zoom lens + flash + the weight of the tripod head to be included (a total of about 5 kg)?
Reply to 4. and 5 .: Fits well. According to my calculation from above I would have even 2 KG "Manöveriermasse" left.
6. Is the transport weight of tripod + head still acceptable without that one would rather be equal to the whole construct back home.
7. A sometimes essential factor: Can I afford the tripod or what about the value for money?
Reply to 6. and 7 .: Okay. Here I have to make confessions. Certainly an investment in a carbon tripod or similar materials would have been hip purpose weight reduction, but the financial limit would be exceeded by far. 3.8 kg including tripod head that I have chosen for the system, although "a lot of wood", but to endure for use wealth, flexibility, extendibility and the price / performance ratio consistently.
That was my personal checklist, which has led to the purchase of the 055XPROB.
Negative pushes me on, however, that the tripod is not even at least a strap with transportation lock the tripod legs is included. For that extra you have to fork out again a little deeper.
Some manufacturers supply their tripods with a carrying bag. However, because the closed length of the stand may vary due to the head used, the appropriate pocket you have to buy them separately to be.
All in all I do not regret my purchase decision and can recommend the tripod those for which the stability is about to weight. And for the price obtained a very well-made, high-quality and flexible framework for its equipment and the further expansion.
