The material of the stand is made up almost entirely of aluminum and it is built very little plastic. Also the tripod head is made entirely of aluminum. The tripod legs, well, they look like normal plastic, however, are much more stable, I guess probably the the tripod legs are made of fiberglass plastic. In my view, the legs are much more stable than many tripods have the aluminum legs. My first tripod had aluminum legs and was much rickety and not as stable by far than the legs of this tripod.
The tripod head is properly awesome !!! It is completely made of aluminum and the whole head is butter soft as if everything completely mounted ball and run in oil. The adjustment wheels can be rotated as they would also run in oil. All very very classy!
The size of the tripod is ideal for traveling, with its 32cm Pack Maas gets you anywhere under the tripod. I get the tripod itself even in my photo backpack has an integrated daypack. And with its 1.2kg weight, it is not too difficult. Clear a lightweight carbon fiber weirs even easier but also much more expensive.
I use the tripod with a Panasonic G3 and G6, and had no problems with it. The two cameras have the ideal size for this tripod. It looks not nearly as massive as a tripod for full-size mirror DSLR. This stand is perfect for system cameras.
Supplied accessories consists of 2 special keys in a pocket extrigen and a high-quality nylon bag for the tripod that you can even use it as a backpack !!!
For me, the Rollei is one of the best tripods for a small or large system camera. Full 5 stars from me and just buy it.
Edit 11/03/2014
Sorry love Amazon customer I was wrong!
The tripod legs are made of aluminum and it is not made of plastic. Strange, because this looks like aluminum GRP plastic, but the tripod legs are more stable than my old stand that whatever aluminum legs had.
