The best tripods from reviews of users

Now on the shelves of shops you can find a lot of cheap tripods. Basically, they were created by Chinese companies, whose names you probably will not say anything. There is no point in buying such products. When it is released, quality control is completely absent, in connection with which finished products can not boast of an excellent assembly. Such tripods are unstable and shaky. But you can find in specialized stores and better quality tripods. With the best of them you can get acquainted with the help of our article.

Which tripod to buy

Not every person needs additional devices for photography. Most often quite enough smartphone or a simple camera. All this leads to the fact that the tripods and other accessories are almost not in demand. Consequently, large companies do not want to produce such things. Now when choosing a tripod, you should focus on the products of the following brands( listed in alphabetical order):

1. Benro;

2. Continent;

3. Feisol;

4. Gitzo;

5. GreenBean;

6. Manfrotto;

7. Slik;

8. Sony;

9. Velbon.

It remains to be regretted that not all of the assortment of these companies is present in Russian retail. And it is from such goods that we make our selection. If you consider yourself a true professional, then you can look at foreign online stores - there you will find top carbon fiber tripods that surpass any of the specimens examined today. But these products are much more expensive.

The best outdoor tripods

Sony VCT-R100

This is not to say that this tripod outperforms all competitors. Moreover, they are superior to it - at least, if we talk about the top products from the monsters of this case. But Sony VCT-R100 is much more popular, and reviews on it are written entirely positive. What is the reason? The answer is simple: in low cost. And to a relatively inexpensive tripod and find fault with less.

The maximum height of this model does not exceed 1 m. Of course, this is not enough, but the product turned out to be very stable. Even on an uneven surface, it does not move at all. However, the tripod has its limits. The creators do not recommend using it in conjunction with a camera whose weight exceeds 1.2 kg. There is a possibility that under the weight of such a device the central bar will break or bend. But such heavy cameras - this is the lot of professionals with many years of experience. And they certainly will not pay attention to such a cheap tripod, which also has a head with a non-removable platform.

Advantages:

• Head already included;
• Not very big weight( 660 g);
• Large angles of inclination and rotation of the head;
• All sections are closely adjacent to each other;
• Relatively low cost;
• Small size.

Disadvantages:

• Non-removable platform;
• Will not stand the weight of a professional camera;
• No level;
• Small shooting height.

Sirui T-005X + C10X

This tripod can be painted black, blue and red. Such a list is rarely offered by models with a fairly high price tag - usually their entire design is painted in the usual black color. In the rest it is a typical tripod, designed for an experienced photographer. The accessory withstands any technique, since the maximum load reaches an impressive 4 kg. In this case, the tripod itself weighs about 900 g, and this is relatively small. Though to the fan it nevertheless will seem slightly heavy.

Accessory made of aluminum alloy. A removable head is supplied with it. The camera here can be located at a height of 115 cm. But it does not even hit the maximum, but the minimum height, which is only 10 cm! And yet the tripod in the folded state takes up very little space.

Advantages:

• Strong 22 mm rod;
• Robust sections made of aluminum alloy;
• May become very low;
• Withstands even very heavy photo equipment;
• Replacement head;
• Still a sane price tag;
• When folded, it is 30 centimeters long;
• Weighs less than a kilogram.

Disadvantages:

• Sections are too much;
• Inconveniently opening cover.

Benro A-300EX

This is a standard tripod, painted black and having a sufficiently large length in the folded state( 52 cm).Like many of its competitors, the accessory easily keeps the technique with a total weight of 4 kg. The Benro A-300EX stands for its strength - it is almost impossible to damage its sections during operation. The diameter of the bar used here is 23 mm - this is a traditional value. On the ground the tripod stands, leaning on dense rubber tips.

With this accessory, you can lift the camera to 139-centimeter high. At the same time, the quality of the assembly is such that the fully extended bar is in perfect immobility! And here it is necessary to distinguish legs. All of them can be fixed at a specific angle - 24, 55 or 80 degrees. This product weighs 1.07 kg - it can not be counted as a fluff, but there are much heavier tripods.

Advantages;

• Still not the biggest weight;
• Very stable construction;
• Pleasant to the touch materials;
• Shooting at high altitude;
• Present compass and level;
• Rubber tips have spikes.

Disadvantages:

• No heads included;
• Decent length when folded.

Vanguard Alta + 204 AP

Relatively inexpensive model, supplemented in this case with a removable 3D head PH-12.If its version or quality does not suit, then you can easily buy another head, which can not but rejoice. Also, the creators did not forget to introduce the level here. Although recently, the need for it is called into question, because many mirror and system cameras receive a digital orientation sensor.

Each of the three legs here consists of four sections. This is quite a lot, but at first the stability is not reflected in this fact. Only after a year or two of active use, slight staggering may become noticeable. Nothing bad at first can not be said about the 20-mm central bar. On the ground, the legs of the tripod are fixed using rubber tips, supplemented with spikes. Unfortunately, a professional camera with a very long-range lens can not stand this accessory - the maximum load here is limited to only two kilograms.

Pluses:

• Relatively little is worth;
• The head is supplied complete;
• The design can not be called unstable;
• Thorns are present on the tips;
• High smoothness of the complete head;
• On the tripod there is a device for storing small things.

Disadvantages:

• Already quite a decent weight - 1.35 kg;
• Will not withstand the heaviest photographic equipment;
• Insufficient elevation of the camera up.

The best desktop tripod

Manfrotto PIXI Mini

The creators of this tripod tried to make life as easy as possible for a photographer or blogger. They made sure that their creation was only 18.5-centimeter long. This is very small, although the mini tripod can not fit into the pocket. To make it even more compact did not work for one reason. The company Manfrotto wanted their product to withstand relatively large photographic equipment. As a result, the maximum load here reaches 1 kg. It turns out that the tripod will be able to hold even the amateur "SLR", equipped with not the largest lens.

The legs here are fixed at different angles. This allows you to slightly adjust the height of shooting. Minimum camera can be located at 13.5 cm from the table. The product weighs about 190 grams - less than some modern smartphones. In short, this accessory can be thrown into a backpack, then forget about it. The discomfort of the buyers is only the lack of a head. It will have to be bought separately. But you can buy exactly such a copy that meets all your requirements.

Advantages:

• Minimum dimensions;
• Almost nothing;
• Quality materials;
• Resistant on a flat surface;
• Withstands even 1 kg of photographic equipment;
• Not the most expensive thing;
• Can be used as a hand-held monopod.

Disadvantages:

• Not the widest turning angles up and down;
• It is better not to put a camera with a telephoto lens on a tripod.

Which tripod to choose

If you are a professional photographer or cameraman, then one of the tripods discussed today will suit you. Spent on products with carbon fiber parts, it seems to us, there is not much point. Each of the models presented in this collection is unique in its own way. One tripod is placed on the table, because in itself it is very low, the other offers shooting at a meter height, while others are even higher. You can focus on other characteristics of the tripods, which also differ slightly from each other.