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PaulAndAPentax
Registered User
Registered: October 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 32
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Review Date: Thu November 22, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Weight, Sturdiness
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Cannot use center column as monopod
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I uploaded the product here so I could review it because I think it is an excellent tripod especially for the investment. For under $300.00, I purchased this tripod with the 488RC ball head. Both products have performed very well for birding.
The Bogen 3021BN has a center column that moves up and down and is secured by a rotating knob. In contrast to the 3021 model, it does not have the plastic column holder that allows the center column to be used as an arm. What this does, though, is makes the tripod MUCH more steady when used with a large 500mm lens. The center post can be inverted to get the camera lower to the ground. Two of the three arms have neoprene warmers so the need for add on tripod covers isn't really necessary.
All in all, I have found this unit usable for 500mm lenses and for hiking several miles. It is more cost-conscious than the Gitzo products (which are good by the way-but cost a lot more)
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peterpp
Registered User
Registered: July 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 10
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Review Date: Wed December 19, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $250.00
| Rating: 9
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good price, solid build
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heavish and gets cold in winter
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I've bought several copies of this tripod.
Known in Canada as a Manfrotto 055 .
It works well, takes a pounding and keeps on going.
As mentioned the metal gets cold in winter and needs a leg cover to continue using it in sub zero climates.
I use them with a manfrotto 168 ball head (no longer made) and a 029 pan/tilt head.
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kcactionphoto
Registered User
Registered: January 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 52
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Review Date: Wed January 23, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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I have owned one of these tripods for two years now and have no problems with it. It remains rock steady with my D200 and Celestron C90 Mak while birding and astronomy and has withstood hours of high winds and bad weather while shooting thunderstorms. I highly recommend this tripod for being very sturdy and decently priced.
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Tom Huck
Registered User
Registered: February 2008
Location: South central Washington state
Posts: 4
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Review Date: Tue February 19, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sturdy, light, priced right.
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I have three of them, and recommend them very highly.
I use the 488 rc2 heads on them.
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I wanted to be a nude photographer, but when I went outside naked, everyone pointed and laughed, so I gave it up.
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wintersteiner
Registered User
Registered: October 2005
Location: Corinth New York
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Tue August 19, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Great price, good stability, and very versatile.
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I've owned my tripod since the mid 80's. Used everything from 35mm cameras, to medium format cameras, all without any problems. Currently I have a Bogen 3421 Gimbal Mount on it, and it works equally as well with my digital cameras, as it does with larger camcorders. Just today I found a 3221GN3 "Wilderness" on ebay and ordered it to use with a Jobu Black Widow Gimbal Mount for more serious bird photography here in the Adirondacks.
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