Looking for a tripod + ball head that can take my 50D with battery grip and 150-500mm sigma lens (a fair weight, maybe 3Kg+)
Needs to be nice and tall so i can stand up and use it (im 6'4") and ideally not weighing tons
So far im looking at
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-giottos-mtl9351b-adjustable-column-aluminium-tripod/p1025871
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-manfrotto-494rc2-ball-head/p1033009
Can anyone recommend anything better without breaking the bank?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3389526674_12a4b1d8cd.jpg)
Unfortuantely I don't have much experience buying full size tripods as I got my Manfrotto 144b 2nd hand from a teacher in my last job for £10 so struck it lucky there!
It doesn't look a bad selection you've got there, the tripod itself might be a touch short though, if your 6'4" then with the centre column your talking 1.6m, without only 1.3m so its fairly short but I presume that going any higher will probably increase the cost quite a bit.
Went for the items i posted
not very tall these tripods are they?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5386691835_621a5a612b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12512629@N07/5386691835/)
IMG_0678 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12512629@N07/5386691835/) by Adam Woodford (http://www.flickr.com/people/12512629@N07/), on Flickr
13.5" high (can go as low as 10.2")
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/5387296356_0f6c29db73.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12512629@N07/5387296356/)
IMG_0679 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12512629@N07/5387296356/) by Adam Woodford (http://www.flickr.com/people/12512629@N07/), on Flickr
69" high