The tripod facilitates a traveling photography and filming, only for a short time. Two holidays has survived the stand, then the first leg was from. Mounted was a compact camera, this has the stand (as long as the legs were still all on it) well fixed in the desired position. Also read it well, etc. to various substrates . Adjust But unfortunately that is not much use if it stops just as short. My recommendation: Mounting the legs revise! Then gladly again.