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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 801520" data-attributes="member: 50197">I have an older Bogen (pronounced Manfrotto) 3021 tripod. It has been a great tripod with a lot of great features. It still performs well, but it showing it's age, as am I. The biggest issue is the plastic locking levers on the legs have all broken. I cleaned the remnants of them up and epoxied on some wood replacements. This works fine, but looks a little funky, which doesn't bother me much, as long as it doesn't fail me when on an outing. I use this tripod right now, mostly for the gimbal head with a 200-500 Nikon and Z5. It seems stable enough, although the &quot;experts&quot; say it is not stable enough for lenses beyond 400mm. I can afford to spend a couple hundred on a tripod, but don't really want to get into the real high dollar range. I'm not really lusting after a new tripod, but wonder if something a little more up to date would serve me better. I know, tripods are not the most high tech device that sees rapid improvement from year to year. Just wondering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 801520, member: 50197"] I have an older Bogen (pronounced Manfrotto) 3021 tripod. It has been a great tripod with a lot of great features. It still performs well, but it showing it's age, as am I. The biggest issue is the plastic locking levers on the legs have all broken. I cleaned the remnants of them up and epoxied on some wood replacements. This works fine, but looks a little funky, which doesn't bother me much, as long as it doesn't fail me when on an outing. I use this tripod right now, mostly for the gimbal head with a 200-500 Nikon and Z5. It seems stable enough, although the "experts" say it is not stable enough for lenses beyond 400mm. I can afford to spend a couple hundred on a tripod, but don't really want to get into the real high dollar range. I'm not really lusting after a new tripod, but wonder if something a little more up to date would serve me better. I know, tripods are not the most high tech device that sees rapid improvement from year to year. Just wondering. [/QUOTE]

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