My first tripod, my first impression

As a newcomer in Pictures "must" is of course also a lot of accessories to purchase. A tripod is certainly one of the basic equipment of clippers (Photographer I resist making me). The main reason for the acquisition of this stand was the specified height of 171cm (I'm 187cm tall) and the ratings.
Delivery as always very fast and neatly packaged. The tripod makes at first sight a valued and attractive impression. This also mistaken I do not think so. Of course I can not draw any conclusion after a day for a possible 5-year use, but I think it is completely sufficient for my amateur claims. It is stable even when fully extended legs. The head makes a robust impression and can be smoothly in two directions and also swing "fixed" feststellen.Die bubble for horizontal alignment is a bit small. In the dark, it will be difficult. The legs can be easily solved by a hinged clamp mechanism with one hand, take off, find and move back (let's see how long?). The crank mechanism seems solid, and when the camera is mounted cranking some heavy equipment, because the crank angle is something short. But no reason to complain. The viewfinder of my camera (SLT-A58) is at max. Extract with me above my eye level, so perfect !! A bag is attending, although I had not seen that in the description.

So what more could you want? Fluid ball head? Carbon? Manfrotto precious quality? If the times are snapping serious hobby, you can think again on these points so well. Should the Velbon VideoMate-638 through the next few years in this state, I am not going over the 60 - resent or regret my vote.