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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 513544" data-attributes="member: 13090">I have a tripod very similar in design to the one pictured and I'll tell you it's a very nice tripod but, as is so often the case, it all depends. I love my similar tripod because it's light and insanely compact. For getting shots where all I really need is something to hold the camera, and my shutter speed will be high, a tripod like this will, probably, be fine. Where tripods like this have failed me, though, is when I'm doing long exposure shots: In my experience they're simply not stable enough for this. Those slender little legs just can't take the weight and buck the wind and what not like their bigger, heavier brethren. For example, take a look at <a href="http://nikonites.com/project-365-s/27806-horoscope-fish-fishbowl-o-rama-365-2015-a-post512779.html#post512779" target="_blank">this shot of mine</a>; that was a three-second exposure taken last week. To get that shot I first tried with a tripod that looks strikingly similar to the one you are considering and the results were horrible. You'd have thought I was shooting in the middle of an earth-quake. I was trying to shorten my exposure time by upping the ISO and/or opening my shutter but nothing was working the shots were absolutely terrible.I finally sucked it up, trudged back to the car (about a quarter mile, mind you) and walked back to the spot with my big, heavy, Manfrotto 055XPROB fitted out with a Three Legged Thing Airhed II ball-head over my shoulder. I set everything up just like before and... Nailed the shot on the first attempt. I shot it four or five more times just to make it feel like the trip to the car was worth it.So, again... It depends. What do you intend to DO with your new tripod? If want to do things like night shots, HDR, time lapse, etc. I would strongly suggest you save your pennies for a big, heavy-ass Manfrotto 055XPROB or something similar thereto.</blockquote>

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