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<blockquote data-quote="Elliot87" data-source="post: 548491" data-attributes="member: 25183">Looking closely at this one now and it is tempting me but I've got a couple of concerns. First off the price is excellent and I wonder if it's too good to be true? I don't want to make the mistake of buying cheap buying twice but the few reviews I've read so far have been very positive.My other concern is the height as it might be a little on the short side at 159cm fully extended. I'm 5'8&quot; aka 172cm so with head and camera mounted it shouldn't be too short but I wonder how sturdy it is fully extended. Especially with my D7100 and 200-500 mounted weighing around 3.2kg, sure its rated at 8kg so should be fine but perhaps not ideal. The free panning head won't be of any use with that setup but would be handy to have with lighter lenses.Anyway if you have any more info about the pros and cons you've found with this lens I'd be interested to hear it, as it's half the price of the other options I'm looking at.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elliot87, post: 548491, member: 25183"] Looking closely at this one now and it is tempting me but I've got a couple of concerns. First off the price is excellent and I wonder if it's too good to be true? I don't want to make the mistake of buying cheap buying twice but the few reviews I've read so far have been very positive. My other concern is the height as it might be a little on the short side at 159cm fully extended. I'm 5'8" aka 172cm so with head and camera mounted it shouldn't be too short but I wonder how sturdy it is fully extended. Especially with my D7100 and 200-500 mounted weighing around 3.2kg, sure its rated at 8kg so should be fine but perhaps not ideal. The free panning head won't be of any use with that setup but would be handy to have with lighter lenses. Anyway if you have any more info about the pros and cons you've found with this lens I'd be interested to hear it, as it's half the price of the other options I'm looking at. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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