( 4 reviews )
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Posted: Sep 23 2008
I purchased this to provide support for day hikes and backpacking. It's not as tall as I would prefer, but adequate. I've used it with RRS ball head from my main tripod with a Nikon D300 and three different lenses and it's done what I purchased it to do. It is really light, but the center post includes a hook to hang weight from, to add more stability. Not much heavier than a good monopod would be, yet way more support.
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Posted: May 31 2008
I just received my new Gitzo GT0530 tripod. I am using am Amvona titaniam ballhead that I already own while waiting for my new Markins M10. I am amazed how light this tripod is, and yet how rock solid it is with my Nikon D300 with an 80-400mm zoom lens. I own aluminum tripods that weigh 3-4 times what the Gitzo does, but this is the most stable tripod I have ever owned. I purchased the 0530 to take with me in the field due to its light weight, and it fits perfectly into my Tarmac Expedition 5 backpack. You hardly know its there due to its light weight. I know it seems expensive, but there is nothing on the market that I am aware of that offers its light weight and performance.
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( 9 of 28 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 12 2007
I like the lightweight feel of the tripod and the solid ballhead that I bought along with this tripod but the plate that came with the ballhead couldn't hold my D200 with 17-55mm F2.8 on a vertical shot 30 degrees inclined. The camera kept turning back down because of weight.... no matter how strongly I screwed the plate at the bottom of the camera to secure the camera body. When I examined what was going on the cork adhesive wasn't strong enough and it keeps giving way causig it to be deformed as well. This was a turn off to me. I decided to rip off the cork, removed the adhesive with a solvent and reapplied a super strength glue. I will see how this would go in the next outing.....this is one weakness that could be fixed at home but with a ballhead costing an arm and a leg, I was expecting a tough cookie ready to rock n' roll!!
