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<blockquote data-quote="Drew Wat" data-source="post: 109182" data-attributes="member: 12274"><p>Well after about 2 weeks of searching and looking at reviews and searching the net for the best deal I finally bit the bullet and picked up a tripod for the new camera. I have the old Cullmann mono pod with a Kaiser ball head ( no quick release). I was looking at several types all ranging in fair to extreme pricings and out of then all I was looking mostly at the Manfrotto and Vanguard due to the versatility of the tripod, but I wanted the Arca Swiss receiver on the ball head. The models that I looked at all had their merits but the proprietary receiver was in the back of my head. Also the stores here are limited to their selections. They call themselves camera stores but are so limited to the base line pro gear accessories. Not the best of what I wanted but with compromise I picked up what looks like a pretty solid rig with built in mono pod and folds up nice and tight and relatively small with a ball head, Arca Swiss receiver and solid looking carry bag. Fotopro C5i with the FPH-52Q head. It is a little more work getting the tripod set up with the camera hanging upside down and it doesn`t let me lay the camera on its side but for now it will do me fine. Anyone else have this rig that can inform me if it is a good rig or not and if there are problems with it. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Drew Wat, post: 109182, member: 12274"] Well after about 2 weeks of searching and looking at reviews and searching the net for the best deal I finally bit the bullet and picked up a tripod for the new camera. I have the old Cullmann mono pod with a Kaiser ball head ( no quick release). I was looking at several types all ranging in fair to extreme pricings and out of then all I was looking mostly at the Manfrotto and Vanguard due to the versatility of the tripod, but I wanted the Arca Swiss receiver on the ball head. The models that I looked at all had their merits but the proprietary receiver was in the back of my head. Also the stores here are limited to their selections. They call themselves camera stores but are so limited to the base line pro gear accessories. Not the best of what I wanted but with compromise I picked up what looks like a pretty solid rig with built in mono pod and folds up nice and tight and relatively small with a ball head, Arca Swiss receiver and solid looking carry bag. Fotopro C5i with the FPH-52Q head. It is a little more work getting the tripod set up with the camera hanging upside down and it doesn`t let me lay the camera on its side but for now it will do me fine. Anyone else have this rig that can inform me if it is a good rig or not and if there are problems with it. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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