yea, total copy of benro travel angel. lol, coz world wide, the benro travel angel sale were greater then manfrotto add together. hence octopus (the origin factory is not octopus, there are several company that rebagde the tripod) copied that travel angel.

Bliz: that is the point to get tripod more then 8kg load, jangan la see see 4kg tripod, u think ur gear is 2kg, then its good, but the overall weight and center of gravity is high above, wind blow bit bit, sure shake one. lol. 8kg is actually fine, ur bag with 2 lens, would pass 4kg, provided, ur flash and big lend on the camera, which weight up to 4kg on top too, the 8kg ballhead should able to provide really good flexibility and strength.

or skip to 12kg. u will see benro always state 2 set of weight load limit, one for pod, one for head. pod usually more tahan then ballhead one.

ifer: wahahaha, benro was my first tripod, my previous 2 set, one is dad old gitzo (heavy) and one from my ex gf father, another old vivitar tripod, very nice~ but not QR plate, its fix on the pod... old tech... both pod are older then me so i hope my pod will last till my childrens unlike jelly pods.

why not go for CF? 50% lighter than Alu... I just went to test out benro and manfrotto, Manfrotto is friggin expensive and it costs twice as much than the Benro, but i could get the same thing from benro for just 50% less of the price... But Manfrotto made in Italy la...

elainor, is it stable? the benro? which series u tested?

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Added on April 23, 2011, 4:19 pm

poison

If budget is not a problem of course I would get CF, i will not spend over 1k for a tripod

I tried Benro Travel angel cf model number C0690TB00 but the price  RM 1300
Ok if that the case why not get sirui t2205x or n2205? Around rm900+-

12kg load, 165cm max height, CF weight only 1.02kg...

To be exact for travel angel is 1kg lighter. Do u prefer ball head more?

the 069 to be honest, is small, easy, for "lite" gear. if u have 70200F2.8 in ur pocket, this tripod will not like it. its good enough for a body with 16-50* F2.8 lenses.

no problem if u are traveling a lot, since u are traveling with lite gears.

*any crop F2.8 kitlen replacement, for 24-70, it might be a little heavy

any review from jusino AX-255 tripod users here?
thinking of getting it for travelling purpose.

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Added on April 25, 2011, 10:31 amhttp://www.manfrotto.com/product/7269.101591.31708.0.0/322RC2/_/Heavy_Duty_Grip_Ball_Head

manfrotto joystick ballhead.
i got quoted rm438 for this ballhead. any better ballhead with this kind of design?

finally bought the Fotopro MGC-584N carbon fibre tripod.    Initial impression - quite a solid built.    Price slightly lower than Jusino AX-255 CF at Shashinki.com.

How's the weight? Seems quite heavy to me from the specs  , price? 

wow.. how light you want it to be?  1.48kg with ballhead is consider quite light already.  It is just slightly heavier than a generic low end aluminium tripod with a 3-way fixed head (not ballhead) i borrow from my friend.

I bought it from Spore at $305 (roughly RM732) compared to Shashinki AX-255C CF about RM789.  They are almost the same in terms of weight, design (both with monopod function) and prices but AX-255C is 5 sections though which make it slightly shorter in folded mode.  The Fotopro also has a alum version just like the AX-255C has a alum version.  Since the alum version just cheaper by about RM200, i just took the CF one which looks much nicer although just 200gram lighter than the alum version.