That's kinda true for a full fledged standard tripod design.

I ditched my tripod as it was always a hassle to setup during travels or in a casual occasion where you just need your camera to be placed at a certain position/height to take portrait shots with a timer. I don't really need the stability of a 1-2kg tripod. I just need my camera to be placed somewhere to take pictures of myself and my family/SO/etc which was why I started using a mini tripod+selfiestick combo (Benro MK10/BK10) which is much easier to set up. It does wobble and all but gets the job done - just make sure there's no strong wind and the shutter speed is fast enough to counteract any shakiness.

Also, I was doing some searching and came across this:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumapo...-fastest-tripod

Man that's gonna be awesome for travels and I can foresee myself using that for everything except for serious landscape shooting. It's not gonna be as stable as your standard tripod but man is this so practical during travels or when you need to take pictures very quickly. So fast to setup and has adequate height. Weight load of 1kg or 2kg is perfect for my mirrorless camera.

However, I wouldn't be using that if I have a pre-planned landscape shooting like you mentioned or if I decide to go traveling somewhere for the sole purpose of taking landscape pictures. You'd still want a super stable tripod like those from Mefoto, Sirui, Gitzo, Manfrotto, etc.

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Feb 14 2019, 09:51 PM