Property me the Slik as easy Zweitstaiv for travel purchased if I do not want to take my big Manfrotto. Very flexible and stable to support the weight and price. Keeps my Alpha 700 with smaller lenses slack off. But with large telephoto lenses it comes to the limits. With the 70-400 it was a tad unstable. It is processed valent, it would not hesitate to buy again. Those looking for a Megastibeles tripod for extremely long exposure times with big heavy lenses is here however wrongly advised .....