about the technical details here must not be much added. This tripod can range from very close to the ground to eye level at 1.90 and the whole still tilted by 90 °. good to use and above all very very stable. I personally like the head better than a ball joint solution (especially when top-heavy Kombinastionen of large DSLR with a telephoto lens), which was a reason to buy with. even with the 3-way pan head I am very satisfied. you just have to ask yourself whether you really need this tripod. The tripod is great, and hard as it is. and bulky. that's not a stand for "the outside of the photo backpack", not for the tour of the excavation at 40 ° in the shade and not for the photo walk in the park. This tripod is transported in the car or use it at home / in improvised studio. but then you need me really no longer stand as this. for me the double pass has proved prsktikabel. for repro, studio or planned nachtaufnahmen in peace this is the first choice here. for the trip and is just quickly a small, lightweight carbon tripod just grateful (and about one-third as heavy !!).