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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 496713" data-attributes="member: 13090">Are you looking for, shall we say, One Tripod to Rule Them All? Because if that's the role this purchase needs to fill I'm not 100% certain I'd suggest something as light and compact as the MeFoto. Make no mistake: I think the MeFoto is an excellent light-weight, compact tripod. Full stop. The issue is... It's a lightweight, compact tripod. If you need something that's going to be put to hard use with heavy gear, and serve as your ONLY tripod, I might suggest you consider something heavier like a Manfrotto MT055XPRO3. I use my MeFoto knockoff tripod a great deal but I use it indoors pretty much exclusively. Outdoors I take the heavier, but sturdier and steadier, Manfrotto.Like most things photographic, it's a bit of a juggling act to find the right balance of size, weight and overall sturdiness/steadiness and I don't mean to muddy the water... It's just I fully appreciate truly good tripods do not come cheap and making the right decision can be difficult. Here's hoping I'm helping more than I'm hindering!....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 496713, member: 13090"] Are you looking for, shall we say, One Tripod to Rule Them All? Because if that's the role this purchase needs to fill I'm not 100% certain I'd suggest something as light and compact as the MeFoto. Make no mistake: I think the MeFoto is an [B]excellent[/B] light-weight, compact tripod. Full stop. The issue is... It's a lightweight, compact tripod. If you need something that's going to be put to hard use with heavy gear, and serve as your ONLY tripod, I might suggest you consider something heavier like a Manfrotto MT055XPRO3. I use my MeFoto knockoff tripod a great deal but I use it indoors pretty much exclusively. Outdoors I take the heavier, but sturdier and steadier, Manfrotto. Like most things photographic, it's a bit of a juggling act to find the right balance of size, weight and overall sturdiness/steadiness and I don't mean to muddy the water... It's just I fully appreciate truly good tripods do not come cheap and making the right decision can be difficult. Here's hoping I'm helping more than I'm hindering! [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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