5 Stars for:
- The compact pack size and low weight
- The good workmanship
- The good ball head of the 1.6 Kg of DSLR well under control
- The rubberized handle
3 stars for:
- Too little extension height of 1,23m - 1,40m
- Only Gummifüsse no spikes for outdoor use
- No dragonfly
2 stars for:
- With a heavier camera and fully extended the tripod is very sensitive to vibrations
The Manfrotto tripod calls this "Befree", is dedicated to the low weight and the handy pack size. Nobody wants take a 5 Kg tripod on long hikes. This tripod makes you feel free to take it with you everywhere. The small, simple ball head shines with very good performances, super processing and simple operation. In the Geammtpreisdarf expect no professional ball head tripod acts .The fragile on its thin aluminum legs, but is solid and strong, can unfortunately among which are found only on rubber feet No spikes for outdoor use. A dragonfly alignment would also have been.
The large DSLR with moderate lens weighs about 1.6 Kg, the head she holds at a 45 ° angle firmly. When fully extended center column is the viewfinder of the camera about 1.50 m, then the Manfrotto revealed but its great weakness, the camera vibrates with every touch. Already the press of the shutter goes almost without wobble. There's only the retraction of the center column, then there is the viewfinder but to 1,30m and it is uncomfortable.
But system cameras will find a good friend in the Manfrotto, the low weight of the small camera makes it less vulnerable to vibrations and the pivoting monitor balances the somewhat low level, so that you can work standing as major photographer in.
Quality material, excellent workmanship and a harmonious overall picture is rounded off the tripod. A hiking / nunmal place travel tripod has the focus on the weight shame, suffering the stability under, so there are 4 stars in total.
