For a trip I was looking for a lightweight tripod. Since I still have an existing large stable tripod, I did not want a premium tripod made of carbon, but take only one to ever. And for that, this tripod is ideal. My equipment is not easy with a Nikon D800 and lenses up to 1kg. But if you this tripod is the center column not fully pulling stable enough. With fully extended center column stability but then suffers yet. So you should deduct about 20cm of the specified height. For this, the pack size is small enough to make it easy to carry anywhere. Good is also the useful spherical head with dragonfly, which also features a panoramic scale. It has an Arca Swiss compatible recording and an adapter plate for the camera is also included. On vacation I took several panoramas in the mountains and on the plains with this stand and could not complain. A premium is the tripod as Sirui 1205 or 1204 with comparable weight, certainly a little more stable, but also costs without ball head and adapter plate, about five times as much. So if you do not really want to shoot professional photos in high winds on holiday, is well supplied with this bracket.
