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Feisol tripods worth the extra cash? (1 Viewer)

RyanEustace

RyanEustace

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I have been looking for a sturdy tripod just a recently , i have had a manfrotto 055xprob before and it was really good , but i want something abit more sturdy , prefrably without a center column , gitzo are well out of my league and over kill quite frankly as i use a 50d+400mm f5.6 , alot of you rave about feisol , especially you roy =] , ive been rooting through there website and the 3372 seems over kill as well , the Ct -3301 and Ct-3342 look quite appealing, do any of you use them or have another suggestion perhaps. I have a jobu jr head but need some legs to match.
 
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I do not do macro work so i don't see the horizontal column being of much use if im honest.

It will be basically for hide use , so im not too bothered about maximum height nor a center column , its stability i'm after , so other than maximum height is there any other reason why i should get the Ct-3342 over the Ct-3301.

How do the giottos and manfrotto options stack up against freisol?
 
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RyanEustace said:
I do not do macro work so i don't see the horizontal column being of much use if im honest.
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Not sure if you're talking about the Giotto range or not Ryan but if you are some have the standard centre column.
I have the GTMTL3261B, takes a 300 f2.8 + 2xTC easily, I bought the aluminium model as I found the price between this and the CF not worth it for the amount of weight saved, cost me £70 from Bristol Cameras and worth every penny.

cheers

John
 
RyanEustace said:
ive been rooting through there website and the 3372 seems over kill as well
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Depends if you intend to upgrade from the 400/5.6 to a heavier lens.
I bought the 3372 which I used with the 400/5.6 and Jobu Jr head But I bought it with a view to getting a heavier lens at sometime (I now use the 300/2.8 with a Jobu Blackwidow HD MkII on the 3372 and this is a superb combination).

I had a Manfrotto 055 proB before the Feisol and it was OK with the 400/5.6 but not in the same league as the Feisol which is both lighter and much more stable.

A Feisol tripods like the 3372 will comfortably take lenses up to the 600/4 but if you only ever intend to use it on something like the 400/5.6 then it would be very nice but possibly an overkill. A 3342 would be a nice pod for a lens like this but it depends how much you want to spend.

BTW, when you say are Feisols worth the extra cash - their tournament grade tripods compete with some of the best Gitzos and are around 20% cheaper than the equivalent Gitzo
 
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I dont intend to upgrade any time soon , i shall be sticking with the 400mm f5.6 , basically i want the most sturdy colunmless 3 section tripod i can find for under £200 , and i keep ending back up at the feisol Ct-3301 , so maybe this is the route to take.
 
I'm very pleased with my CT-3301. I use it primarily with a Canon 100-400 zoom with 1.7X extender. Twist leg sections need to be kept clean of fine dust/grit, but excellent value compared to the 'big' names.
 
I had to send my Feisol monopod back, and abandon plans to buy a Feisol tripod, because they lack the anti-leg rotation found on Gitzo, Benbo and Velbon tripods with twist leg locks. I know a lot of people don't find this anwhere near as annoying as I do, but it may be worth checking before you buy.
 
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