This tripod is more stable (by a mile), I no longer feel cold when moving in cold weather to the metal feet firmly because this stand on two legs has a protection against cold (why not all three legs? How many hands do you have?), And I can it set up. So right Hooooooooch! Ok ten feet but when I go forth throughout the complete, the Manfrotto 496RC2 Compact ball head on top of it and then had my 400D possibly with a battery grip it set I have to ask myself already on tiptoe to look through the viewfinder. ......... FYI: I'm 203 cm tall! So finally a tripod even for larger people. To be no problem with that sometimes after people and making over her photos.
For special perspectives can also once all remove the support rod in the center and vice versa reinsert. So you can then get the camera on his head very close to the ground. The support rod can also be horizontally Around where you then must of course be careful with heavy equipment, the one the whole does not fall over but it can be set up the tripod legs in four different angles.
So if you have built up a picture of the equipment should not save on the stand. Of course, there are certainly cheaper alternatives but here you have clearly quality and not fear the flies away one eventually collapses all under the camera or at the first gust of wind. One should of course always keep in mind that it is still a tripod.
