ljclark
Active member
i've always preferred clips myself. Seem less subject to 'creep' than twists, and easier to operate when your hands are cold or gloved. I've never damaged myself using them - i just undo all three at once, let gravity drop the leg and close them. I suppose it's what you're used to though...
My preference is for lever locks over collar locks. That said, I think that a lot of that is a Coke vs Pepsi / Ford vs Chevy / Nikon vs Canon thing.
To your main point, just the other evening my brother and I were in an e-mail exchange. He's looking for a new CF tripod and got into exactly the same death spiral. I happened to mention two of my Manfrotto CFs and he realized that he was comparing prices at two different sellers -- but was also comparing a two different series. |8.|