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Jose Suro said:
I use Gitzo tripods, carbon fiber, very light and very expensive, especially when you include the cost of the Arca Swiss ball mount and all the bracket systems.

I tried using less expensive tripods but finally bit the bullet and paid the piper. These tripods are very light and very strong so they take a lot of weight. They are a blessing when carrying 40 pounds of camera and gear through the woods!

All that said, if you are not going to make a living with a tripod and you're not going to carry it far then any tripod that will "honestly" hold at least twice the weight that you're going to put on it will work. If the tripod can't hold the weight it will vibrate and ruin the pictures. For less expensive tripods I recommend Slik tripods in the $75~$150 price range for light dslr cameras and shorter lenses. They sell a ton of those at Amazon. Try to get one with three leg sections, not four. Four makes the sections too thin and there's more knobs to play with, best leave that to the professional carbon fiber tripods.

I still own one of these and use it on occasion when around the house:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002EXF38/tvwb-20

And this is my lightweight Gitzo setup (earlier version), I have a larger one for using long lenses:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00IQ2S4FM/tvwb-20

And the Ball Head:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0049RMMJ2/tvwb-20

Best,
Jose
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Thank you for the detailed response Jose. I checked everything out and now I feel I have a place to start. Really appreciate you taking the time to do that!

Ciff
 
Gorgeous photos and great looking food. I have a Slik tripod that I rarely use unless I have a reason to take two camera bodies out, pack a Manfrotto tripod 99% of the time and I love it. Gitzos look really nice too, maybe Santa will bring me one someday....
 
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