Delta Carbon Fibre Travel Tripod from In-Focus (UK shop) (1 Viewer)

I am looking for a lightweight tripod set up for my little Nikon ED50 scope for birding walks.

I have tried a Slik Sprint Pro II GM tripod with 3-way Head, but find it a little flimsy and unstable and the panning action of the head not very smooth.

Alternative legs I am now considering are:

1) Velbon Ultra Luxi-L; and

2) Delta Carbon Fibre Travel Tripod (only available from the UK shop "In-Focus", I believe). See second model down on this web-page:
http://www.at-infocus.co.uk/tripods.html


I have found some glowing reports on the Velbon Luxi-L on BF, but no comments about the Delta CF Travel tripod.

Does anyone have any experience of the Delta CF Travel tripod?

I was told the Delta tripods supplied by In-Focus are actually re-badged Velbon Sherpa Tripods, but I can't find an exact Velbon match for that particular Delta model. Does anyone know?

The Luxi-L has 5-section aluminium legs and weighs about 890g (legs only). Price is about £80 (inc. PHD-41Q head).

The Delta tripod has 3-section carbon fibre legs and weighs 1020g (legs only). Price is £160 for legs only. I would probably get either a Velbon FHD-52Q head or a Manfrotto 700RC2 head to go with these legs.

I like the lower price of the Luxi-L tripod, the lower weight and the shorter folded up length.

However, I wonder whether the Delta tripod legs would be more stable than the Luxi-L due to the 3-section leg design (vs 5-section), the slightly greater weight and the rigidity of the carbon fibre legs?

Does anyone have experience or advice to offer on this?

Many thanks,
Nick

Hi Nick, I bought a delta carbon fibre tripod from infocus but I think it was the mk 2 model. After some investigative work I found out it was a velbon geo e530. It even had velbon printed on the soft leg cushions. I use this as my main tripod with a manfrotto 701 HDv head and a swaro 80 hd scope. I never had a problem with the tripod but there was nothing on it to put it down as a delta tripod except for the price tag attached to it. But that was a couple of years ago now so maybe that has changed.

I have ordered the Slik sprint pro II gm as a travel tripod for my ed50 and it is going to be paired with a manfrotto 494 Rc ballhead. The ballhead is nice and light with friction control to stop the scope flopping.

Regards Gerard.