Thank you dude.

Where do you guys usually buy your photography accessories?

Online or in shops?

Online normally Shashinki or Ebay or lelong depending on which one is cheaper

For eBay, usually you buy from local shops, or overseas?

Overseas. Also depend on which shop is cheaper after shipping. If ebay normally I choose seller with high feedback score.

What do you usually buy on eBay? Takkan lens mah, they are so fragile.

Just search for the items you want, check that the seller has good feedback >97% and purchase~

But leh, for tripods, especially china brands, better buy locally la.

Online I only bought filter, tripod, battery
Not dare to buy lens online.

for tripod, I am looking for one as well.

for deciding which one, you can read some reviews and thoughts from our LYN forummer,

http://www.liewwkphoto.com/blog/

on choosing your tripod.
http://www.liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=2694

This post has been edited by s7ran9er: Oct 19 2013, 01:48 PM

Trying to replicate a TV aerial silhouette that I found on tumblr months ago. But the original have birds on it which makes it more interesting.


The telecommunication by NurAzam, on Flickr

Seems to me that there are a few types of tripod, one being a normal one, and one a ball-head type. Not sure whether I am correct.

Buy Gitzo, add one more 0 in ur budget

I am personally thinking of buying this carbon fibre Jusino brand tripod... Anyone here using it?
http://shashinki.com/shop/jusino-254c-carb...kg-p-16486.html

The ball head one is better...

Besides, there are also aluminium and carbon fibre ones... Carbon fibre ones are very light

This post has been edited by Pro3363: Oct 19 2013, 03:15 PM

Sometimes the birds are PP-ed on, so you may wanna try that

liewkk, not sure if he's still around.

He likes to shoot avians animal and landscape which is why a sturdy and reliable tripod is needed.

I really should get one for myself too but budget is quite out for this month.


You can buy separately though, ballhead or the feet.

some digging found this:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2994319

This post has been edited by s7ran9er: Oct 19 2013, 04:11 PM

Go for cheaper China made ones like Benro and Sirui. More bang for the buck.

Long time ago, the made in China stuff were very bad. Nowadays got quality.

Proud owner of Sirui P-326 monopod and Sirui K-30x ballhead with Sirui M3204 CF tripod.

Looks fine. The only suspect is if the legs are strong enough when extended. The connection does not look too secure.

+ 1

For me I usually use tripod when I travel. So naturally I want to find a tripod that is light and yet it's sturdy.

Curious. What's in Shashinki that's cheap? I always have lots of things to buy but then stop short when browsing Shahsinki because they are not cheap.

Tripod is one thing but the reviewer forgot to add ballhead which is equally important.

Anyway, I just recently got my tripod / ballhead and before that went through a selection process looking for one without bursting the budget. Looking at the recommended tripod on those links above, it's not enough for me. I wanted one that was tall, strong, sturdy and relatively compact / lightweight at the same time.

The specs from the above link looks compact and light but I needed one that had to be sturdy.

As a comparison, the tripod I got has the following specs below and my remarks on what specs I saw as important and why I selected it;

Number of leg segments 4 (3 sections would be best for stability but usually 3 means not so compact when folded)
Top pipe Ø 32 mm (Bigger diameter the better / more sturdy at the expense of weight)
Max. Height 177 cm (Taller means easier to work with for taller people)
Max. Height excl. centre column 148 cm (I usually place more importance on this figure because for me, camera bodies on extended centre column is not recommended due to stability)
Min. Height 15.5 cm (I personally don't place too much importance on this unless you do lots of macro, you may want a lower figure)
Packing dimension 51 cm (Smaller it is, the better but there is a length you need to compromise (depending on your luggage space) as I need the tripod to be tall)
Weight 1.7 kg (lighter it is, the better but like folded dimensions, the weight you need to compromise when you place importance on sturdiness)
Max. Load 18 kg (this is very subjective and take the given figures from the manufacturer with a pinch of salt)

Looks lightweight with good price too. I would just question about it's sturdiness and stability. 25mm on the thickess section is not that great. But then again it's a compromise. Perhaps you will find it ok with your gear.

Do you have any way of testing it? That is why for things like this and for camera bags, I rather go to a shop and test it out myself. Of course I like to get it cheap as well.

You forgot to add expensive too.

Heys guys! My first photo spam contribution to this group. Haha... I know it's rubbish, but any comments are very welcomed.


UTown Residence Sky Garden by markas.law, on Flickr

This post has been edited by exquisite_markas: Oct 19 2013, 05:13 PM

Anyone heard of Weifeng before? They manufacture tripods.

This post has been edited by exquisite_markas: Oct 19 2013, 05:10 PM

They're quite a big brand, have a few sub brands and also do OEM for other brand tripods as well. But I've heard gstrapinuse's owner jeremy telling me that they are having trouble with a particular model which the flip locks are too flimsy and can snap. Other than that, okok lah.

Myself use this which I bought for RM200 off a friend

Pretty good for a first shot mate

I remembered I had problems getting a proper shot since I have no idea how to use a D80
Keep it up yo~! Perhaps can try finding something more interesting to shoot next time

Eh? Why cannot use now? Exams?
Or busy with gf?


Yay~ SIRUI user here too
I was looking for a sturdy tripod that's not too heavy for travelling and Yannick recommended me one (forgot the model jor ), used it for a lot of shots, and I'm loving it~