Great idea - class implementation

Video at Amazon.com Video tripods are usually very massive, because they have to be stable in order to ensure jolt and steady video. Anyone who wants to turn on rough, not always optimal its visible area, particularly in the holiday, has resorted to this monopod. The same applies in confined spaces, where you can set up no voluminous video tripod and if the aim is transportable tripod possible solution. Manfrotto has now created a solution that buffers the manual movements of the camera when you pan through an absorbing liquid cartridge near the top in the soil. The purpose of fluid in an intermediate cartridge. The monopod is anchored by 3 small feet that take up little space fairly stable on the floor, without resulting in a classic tripod. This one can just put up a lighter camera without supportive hand stationary, like a classic tripod.

The liquid cartridge absorbs a slightly uneven movement during swing very well, so that the swing is fluid and smooth. It achieves a very uniform camera when shooting with little effort, which one would never reach when holding the camera in his hand.

You can also browse the monopod also on all sides tend pretty far, and then follow quickly from the field of view moving objects, such as animals or children, effortlessly across wide viewing angles. With a handle can be adjusted to smooth clamps the height of the tripod. In addition, here is a quick-change head tilting, which allows even greater tilt. The camera is mounted on the quick release plate with a standard screw, which is screwed with a screw ring so that no coin etc. for fixing is needed. The release plate is pretty massive. Although using the supplied ball head already can shoot pretty well and of course you can also take pictures, you can replace it with a video head and then run very spacious pans easily. I have eg the Manfrotto MH055M8 Q5 Magnesium tripod head with Q5 Quick Coupler mounted when I film with larger Schwenke animals or children. Mostly, however, already have enough of the supplied ball head.

On the Manfrotto fit system and compact cameras, but also heavy DSLR, and I would not dare, with a large DSLR, for example, Canon 5D Mark II to leave the Manfrotto stand alone. Since my overturning would be too high.

The icing on the cake would be a spirit level and an already supplied envelope, eg for protection against dirt or sand on the road. Here goes well Manfrotto tripod bag without padding 70CM. The pack size of 66cm may be a little shorter. The monopod is but overall very good holiday transportable.

Overall, professional, affordable and above all easily transportable road solution for semi professional films. I have not found anything better!