I'm looking for a tripod for my DSLR.
What will you recommend?
Brand & price pls.
THank you.

i dunno your budget but gitzo or manfrotto.. 4digits:P

anyone dare to put camera on those bundled (free gift) by the camera shop?
>_< looks like its gonna falls if put the camera on

wah 4 digits is too expensive for me.
i'm looking for something below rm200.

Oh yeah ... the tripod 'big boys'. I personally like Manfrotto

velbon? slk? or hakuba.. u can find it within that range but it's all almosr the same.

One happened to fall when I was using my Nikon FM10, mounted with a Metz flash. Thank God it fell onto a carpet. Imagine, I paid THOUSANDS for a SLR and it fell mounted onto a RM99 tripod ... bang head man!!

Never EVER mount your DSLR on 'gift' tripods!!

though i don have good a tripod yet, u should clearly invest in one if possible.

Yeah I know ... there are those other brands like SLIK, Hakuba, Gitzo and Veron, etc.

Hahaha ... dun confuse the topic starter PLEASE!

http://shashinki.com/shop/shashinki-ssk140...ates-p-370.html

it is secure to use tripod on malaysian street?

snatch thief are everywhere

(i think if studio no problem la)

snatch theif can steal a tripod? it's at least 3kgs.add that with cam n lens and it'll be nearly 5kg.of course be careful also la.

he's asking for brands what, so i give him lo

yo, i oso looking for a tripod...tripod below rm100 quality good or not?

I am not a very 'Monopod' or 'Tripod' fellow ... so I use my Canon tripod. Damn heavy duty ... used on lens, used on body, even mounted flash also!

For compact to prosumer cams, 'below RM100' is good enough, but not those RM55 plastic ones lar wahlau ...

Those that comes with your package is good enough i.e Nikon, Canon, Sony, etc. OEM tripods should be good enough for their own brand of cameras what ...

hahaha.honestly.. none.. i once did buy a tripod just about rm100.. i climbed mount fuji. i fixed my cam on the tripod. moments later the wind almost blew the whole thing off. i threw it away once i went down..


flash is possible? that's just cool.

Snatch thieves can steal anything, be it camera or tripod or notebook or your kids ... be EXTRA careful at all times!

Errr ... sometimes a tripod tips over is becoz we didn't fixed it properly. Yeah, you can mount a flash to a tripod in a Master-Slave configuration. Very technical shi!t

This post has been edited by ac98: Sep 13 2006, 05:07 PM

A manfrotto does not necessarily cost 4 digits.

I got a 190ProB and a 286 RCII Ballhead for under RM600.
It is steady enough to hold a budget RM800 telephoto on a D70 at 300mm for a 15 second exposure outdoors with a moderate amount of wind.

I suggest you visit Eng Tong, they are a distributor for the tripods and gave the best price i've come across.


Whatever it is, try to get a good ballhead. It will make your life alot easier.

i thik i dint go climb fuji mout kua...haha....
so rm150 is good for enough lo?

Good question ... see what you done? ac98 is going to be Long Air again!

1. Use a tripod wisely : When you really have to leave your camera mounted and unattended for a period of time, say 10 seconds for a Portrait/Group photo, be sure that it's within your reach and of course running distance should someone decides to have a good dash for your precious investment. My relative lost her camera in Shanghai in a busy tourist spot and another friend of mine her BF lost a Valentine's Day present which is a digicam in France, when you think the LEAST those Mat Salleh won't gasak your things!

2. Not really relevant to this topic but had to warn you all :Never ever let a stranger use your camera to shoot you or shoot your group. It happened even in Malaysia that the bugger took a dash for it after the shot at Super GT last year. I first heard it happened to my relative during her China trip where the guy cabut after taking her photo, pity her only one girl there and it's her only camera. As a result, she bought another digicam in China, which lasted her only 3 weeks, after that kaput-ed! (Won't mention the brand coz I think it's a fake one using the brandname, I checked)

3. Check your Tripod before making a purchase :
- Take out the tripod from it's plastic/casing. Always ask for a new one, dun buy the demo tripod! (You're not THAT desperate right ...)
- Unlock and loosen everything, dun leave any levers or locks partialy tightened. That way you will remember all the levers and locks and won't forget to tighten any of them later.
- Spread all the legs (tripod legs I mean) and tighten all the locks/levers on a level ground. If it has a water level dun worry about it, it's not important becoz it's mostly cosmetic. REAL water levels that WORK cost a BOMB to own!
- Firmly press on the tripod head with your palm and see if the legs will bend under the stress. They should not bend under that kind of stress, unless you put pull strength on it.
- Decide on your purchase!

Yeah, agreed. I dun recommend bomb-costing tripods/monopods as well.
It's like trying to lift a textbook using a forklift

This post has been edited by ac98: Sep 13 2006, 05:45 PM

Can get a OEM tripod with that price i.e Canon, Sony or Nikon tripod. Got change somemore!

nice article even europe is common with snatch thiefs.

Article? I wrote myself one-ah!

haha...AC98 really good in article...haha...can be a proffesional writer lo..

where got sell OEM tripod? i dunno go where buy ler

Water level? I have never heard of water level. I know of spirit level, though.

And they are not cosmetic. In built spirit levels can come in very useful, especially if an external flash is sitting in the hotshoe and you can't plug an external spirit level because of that.

Built in spirit levels on the tripod itself isnt much use...

IMO, the ones on the tripod head or camera flash shoe that moves with the camera are most useful.

Google Jobu Sprit Level... i think Shashinki has it.
if possible, just turn on the grid in your viewfinder (not sure about canon, but the nikon slr's have them) to align your horizons.

yes, a good writer also, me also wanna find where can buy tis stuff

triple that number and you definitely can get a decent erm...trio of legs+head.

Burga - who bought a 190ProB + 486RC2 for RM400 at that KL Photo Fair two (or was it three?) years ago

This post has been edited by BurgaFlippinMan: Sep 13 2006, 09:09 PM

Wow burga, u go a good buy.

Yeah I love to write but still learning. I dun like to sound long winded
They say good writers define more points rather than going round-and-round. Sometimes I feel that I am going round-and-round ... I need more points

This post has been edited by ac98: Sep 14 2006, 09:19 AM

i am using a few Manfrotto tripods....didnt know it's so expensive until now.....

the ones i am using is company punya....hehehe.......

but they are quite good....

Dunno where to buy? Plenty of shops got what ... Foto Shangri-la, Sony shops, Harvey Norman, etc.

Yeah I know you heard of spirit level, but one did fell off my last 2 tripods, which cost less than RM100 ones. It's water in there I know, coz one of them actually DRIED up on me! Those are cosmetics, to make any chiplak tripod look 'pro' and 'expensive' ...

Where Eng Tong is? Please tell me the place in details. Thank you.

manfrotto 190 legs are one of the most affordable and best tripods around... get it with a 141RC or ball head, which ever floats your boat.

me personally have the 055 + 141RC + 222RC. i can change the head depending on which camera i am using and what type of photos i am doing.

it's good... but heavy.

how much u spent for all the above?

I tried, lucky nothing went wrong.

Wah, Im planning on a trip, so whats a good tripod (reasonable price with steady arms/legs and lightweight) for travel? I wouldn't want to bring a 3KG tripod for my trip...

i got it like 8 years ago.
055 legs + 141RC head is RM 450
the 222RC head i got it 2 years later for RM 200++

been throwing the tripod here and there but still... stable like hell

this is what i'm using now, some chapalang china brand
http://www.velocity-media.net/forums/index...wtopic=9152&hl=

ahhaha~ INTERSTING

paris is quite famous for thiefs especially in tourist spots, hehe. my friend got pickpocket while inside the lift up the eiffel tower

yesterday i go shop for a tripod...i wanna take the canon tripod,rm120 but the header that screw on the cam had lost..so cant get it...too sad...
so i take a rm60 1...all the join still is plastic but all the screw around the tripod is metal 1..so is can scew more tide and is more solid than my previous tripod. the tripod writen 880g. so what do u all think? can hold the FZ50 (around 800g)

Rm 60 ? how can u drop ur range from 120 to 60 de ?

not the canon 1...is other tripod..the canon only hv 1 only..no stock oso..

they give rm70...than discount 10 so 60 lo...

This post has been edited by aaron: Sep 15 2006, 11:56 AM

show photo pls?

Wah ... tripod ALONE 880g-ah ... can hold a 30D/D200 ler!!

Cost for tripods are very low ... RM20 at cost can sell RM88

u wanna see the tripod pic? than hv to wait next week coz i sold my cam yesterday..next week only get my new cam...

er...the box writen is 880 or 800g...if i not wrong...i go home check..than confirm.
really or not...30D/D200??!! i still scare it can hold FZ50 ler...

yalor...china made 1 very cheap only.... price rm60 i think is ok la... i hvn't try it out...hope it wont be as "bad" as those rm20 1 la.

ahahahaa
dont be mad ok.

eh...the box of my tripod really writen 880g wor...izzit a good sign or a bad sign??? rm60 for it..izzit over paid?

i think it's ok lah the price you pay for this tripod.
just dont put heavy cameras on it.

everything plastic... hehee! you can put your camera on dont worry... can even support the nikon d50 with kit lens if i am not mistaken.

yalor...but all the screw is metal la..so can screw tide easily..hope can support a 700+g cam la.

I'm using the Olympus MOD:O-88 tripod and it's quite solid but a bit too large to always carry it around. Currently looking at the Slik Sprint series but the low-weight carrying capacity is holding me back. Might get the Sprint Mini once the local stores have stock for me to try.

The no-name ones are usually too flimsy for large DSLRs especially with their long telephoto lenses attached, but would be fine for mounting compact point-and-shoot cameras.

Get a cable or infra-red/wireless remote trigger if you don't want to or can't use the timed shutter on your camera.

Anyone knows where to get SLIK tripod in KL or PJ ?

Regards,

anyone knows where i can buy manfrotto tripod for a very reasonable price?thanks

My friend using tripod brand velocity i think.. quite heavy and nice headball.. Bought for Rm185 ..

i put mine on the cheap sakura tripod