Hey guys,
I've looked through so many threads here and elsewhere about rigs that all the tripods and heads are starting to be a blur, so I thought I'd ask for your advice. Any thoughts at all would be hugely appreciated, thank you! I'm looking for suggestions on tripod & head to support 8kg / 17.6 lbs of gear.
I'll be using it for landscape and visual documentary style videos, so it'll be on a tripod all the time at present. The total weight adds up to about 7.2kg (16 lbs) so far, and it'll generally be just me carrying this stuff around, so the weight is important.
I still need to add the rods and such, but the battery for example I could velcro onto the tripod leg or such to keep the weight off the head.
Currently from still photography I've got a Manfrotto Bogen 055CXPRO3 Carbon Fiber Tripod (weighs 1.6kg / 3.5 lbs, supports 8kg / 17.6 lbs) and a Manfrotto 682B Self Standing Monopod (weighs 1.15kg / 2.5 lbs, supports 12kg / 26 lbs) plus a couple of photography ball heads (Sirui K30X Aluminum Ball Head - Weighs 0.5kg / 1.1 lbs and supports 30kg / 66 lbs and Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ball Head - Weighs 0.6kg / 1.4 lbs and supports 10kg / 22 lbs)
Fantastic if I can get away with using my existing tripod or monopod, but with a good video head that'll put the tripod at least over the maximum weight.
I looked at the Manfrotto 504HD but general opinion seems to be it's a great price but doesn't counterbalance the 7.5kg it says it does, and it's not very smooth holding that weight.
This is the gear, again with the rods and such still to be added:
Blackmagic Camera - 1.7kg (3.7 lbs)
Canon Lenses - Upto 1.5kg (3.3 lbs)
Redrock Micro Follow Focus v2 - 0.5kg (1.1 lbs)
Sandisk 480gb SSD - 0.1kg (0.2 lbs)
Switronix PB70-BMCC PowerBase-70 Battery - 0.63kg (1.4 lbs)
Letus LTMB1 Matte Box - Roughly 1.8kg (4 lbs)
Plus an EVF in the near future - Roughly 0.5kg (1 lbs)
In the future up to 0.5kg (1.1 lbs) for sound recording gear
The MeFoto GlobeTrotter tripod looks appealing, for it's 1.7kg (3.7 lbs) weight and 12kg (26.4 lbs) support, plus it folds down very small and the price for the carbon fiber unit is good - http://www.mefoto.com/products/globetrotter.aspx#Specifications
Thanks again for any thoughts!
I've looked through so many threads here and elsewhere about rigs that all the tripods and heads are starting to be a blur, so I thought I'd ask for your advice. Any thoughts at all would be hugely appreciated, thank you! I'm looking for suggestions on tripod & head to support 8kg / 17.6 lbs of gear.
I'll be using it for landscape and visual documentary style videos, so it'll be on a tripod all the time at present. The total weight adds up to about 7.2kg (16 lbs) so far, and it'll generally be just me carrying this stuff around, so the weight is important.
I still need to add the rods and such, but the battery for example I could velcro onto the tripod leg or such to keep the weight off the head.
Currently from still photography I've got a Manfrotto Bogen 055CXPRO3 Carbon Fiber Tripod (weighs 1.6kg / 3.5 lbs, supports 8kg / 17.6 lbs) and a Manfrotto 682B Self Standing Monopod (weighs 1.15kg / 2.5 lbs, supports 12kg / 26 lbs) plus a couple of photography ball heads (Sirui K30X Aluminum Ball Head - Weighs 0.5kg / 1.1 lbs and supports 30kg / 66 lbs and Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ball Head - Weighs 0.6kg / 1.4 lbs and supports 10kg / 22 lbs)
Fantastic if I can get away with using my existing tripod or monopod, but with a good video head that'll put the tripod at least over the maximum weight.
I looked at the Manfrotto 504HD but general opinion seems to be it's a great price but doesn't counterbalance the 7.5kg it says it does, and it's not very smooth holding that weight.
This is the gear, again with the rods and such still to be added:
Blackmagic Camera - 1.7kg (3.7 lbs)
Canon Lenses - Upto 1.5kg (3.3 lbs)
Redrock Micro Follow Focus v2 - 0.5kg (1.1 lbs)
Sandisk 480gb SSD - 0.1kg (0.2 lbs)
Switronix PB70-BMCC PowerBase-70 Battery - 0.63kg (1.4 lbs)
Letus LTMB1 Matte Box - Roughly 1.8kg (4 lbs)
Plus an EVF in the near future - Roughly 0.5kg (1 lbs)
In the future up to 0.5kg (1.1 lbs) for sound recording gear
The MeFoto GlobeTrotter tripod looks appealing, for it's 1.7kg (3.7 lbs) weight and 12kg (26.4 lbs) support, plus it folds down very small and the price for the carbon fiber unit is good - http://www.mefoto.com/products/globetrotter.aspx#Specifications
Thanks again for any thoughts!
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