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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RS_RS" data-source="post: 1618227" data-attributes="member: 80199"><p>I have been using my main photo tripod (Gitzo 2220 Explorer) with the excellent but heavy Gitzo 2380 (I mean 2380, not the sometimes-criticised 2180) head to support my Swaro ATS80HD, but that combination is too heavy to carry far. I recently bought the Gitzo GT1541T Series 1 Traveller tripod for photographic use, mainly on trips abroad. It is a superb piece of kit, as it should be at the price, weighing less than 1kg, but remarkably solid and stable. Strongly recommended if the cost is not prohibitive. I use it with a ballhead for photographic work, and am about to get a lightweight fluid head for use with my scope. As far as I can see, the weight/performance tradeoff seems to come out well for the Swaro FH-101. Any reason to avoid it? Am I right in thinking that the Manfrotto 700 would be inadequate for a scope that size?</p></blockquote><p></p>