robedge wrote:Jim Simon wrote:Interesting offerings from SCG. Looking forward to B&H picking them up.
There’s practically no info on the manufacturer, Smooth Camera Gear, but it’s been selling tripods for about five years. It appears to only sell them direct. It pays for its YouTube reviews.
The SCG website says that the tripods are made in China, but are designed in Australia by people who "have been developing video tripods since 2003 and have created models that are among the world's best-selling video tripods”.
Hi Rob,
I happen to be acquainted with some people from SCG and am familiar with their story.
SCG started selling fluid head tripods in 2019. However, during COVID, their activities were slowed down due to travel restrictions, as some of their team members are based in Australia.
They resumed their campaigns actively since last year.
I know one of their design team members previously worked for E-Image and was responsible for designing all of E-Image's fluid head tripod lines. Some of these tripods have sold millions of units over the last twenty years.
Also, I forwarded your message to one of their management team members. He informed me that they have never paid for any YouTube reviews. He mentioned that they did send out a bunch of tripods for free reviews but only requested neutral reviews and never censored the content.
I hope this helps clarify your curiosity.
Cheers!