it came it came it came
i really need a haircut don't i never mind it's important
what's inside this packaging it's true tripod new tripod so inside the baggie what have we
got usual bits that you get with three parts which is just basic allen keys and a tripod
hi everyone how are you excuse a mess but i needed a wide frame for this video uh this is
my old tripod or my car well i guess current cast future i've had this tripod since i was
in school it's very old it's a bit flimsy it's a bit floppy but it served me well it's uh
it's got like a handle here that can go up and down and and if i undo this bit it can
twist around so for video sort of panning work it works okay but it's a bit wobbly and loose
it's kind of showing its age it works it does a good job it's got like a little handle here for
going up and down and go wind it it's not very quick to set up and when you do fold it down
it's um a bit cumbersome and takes a little while um you got to sort of do each section separately
as you can see it's not the quickest uh process this is this is it at its most compact
like this and even though this is fine it's quite big and it's also heavy it's um
it's all aluminium so it's not the heaviest but for like a travel tripod carting this around
places it's not the most practical so i really needed an upgrade i've been looking for a long
time for an upgrade that works for me works for what i do and doesn't break the bank and i think
i found the right one so goodbye to this old thing i've got a new one to take on the road
so this is my new tripod as you can see it is considerably smaller than my previous one this
is the throwy traveler 5c it is a cut c for carbon fiber you can get this in aluminium as well but i
won't say it as light as possible now this thing without the ball head is only about 850 grams
the ball head it does come with is a little bit basic it doesn't have
a lock it's a arca swiss just like all the ball heads that i've currently been using on my
joby and on my other surrey which is the tiny this little guy
this little guy here so i've been using this guy for a while i've been using the same ball
head on my joby i've actually switched the ball head off my joby on to this
this brings this thing to just under a kg which is very light very easy to transport
as you can see compared to my tiny table top
folded up it's not that much bigger it's actually very small at the same time it actually extends to
slightly taller than the tripod that i just showed you and that i'm currently using it's also easy
to set up as you can see the legs go out i can just grab twist pull all of these out all at once
yes i've got to then do them up individually but it doesn't take too long compared to what i was
doing even though it's got four joints instead of three this is significantly less time to set up
than my previous tripod plus also the legs stay where i put them so they're not
flopping and crushing my fingers and getting in the way now it is lighter which means that when it
does go down onto the ground and there's one more part to make it taller there we go it's up here
the other one was about down here so already an advantage it is a little bit lighter so it is a
little bit more susceptible to vibrations and wind but it does have on the bottom
a hook which i can show you by folding the legs flat it does have a little carabiner hook on the
bottom that allows you to hang a bag or something to give it extra weight so i can hang my camera
bag from there being carbon fiber i know it's nice and strong i don't have to worry about it
uh but that's the other trick you could see is i've got these legs flat at the moment they can
sit completely flat so it can sit just as low as my joby if not like slightly lower than my jovi
on a tabletop with the legs folded in as well as having the lightness and versatility so other than
being wrapped around a tree honestly this thing's going to be great it's going to be more practical
than my joby even because it's got the height and it's also got the length of the legs so yes
you can make it short you can make it tall you can make it upside down if you need to um once again
i'm just playing with this thing while i talk to you honestly it's a bit
so the ball head the ball head i have on here is the same one as on my little tripod as i said
it does have a locking mechanism on the side here as well as the twist it has a panning adjustment
and it also has the adjustment for the actual ball head as well i really like this ball head
this is rated up to 5 kgs the tripod is only rated to about 3 kgs but with the m6 mark ii even
with my heavier lens on there it doesn't feel top heavy it doesn't feel like it's going to fall over
but i now have a very small very light very strong tripod that i can throw in my bag
just as easily if not more easily than my joby and have a full-size tripod to take with me so why
did i choose this one over the others well this comes in a couple of flavors there's also the 7c
the 7c is larger it weighs around the 2kg mark it is taller significantly taller but i really wanted
something smaller and lighter over something taller they're both very well priced this one cost
me 180 new zealand dollars which is not much at all for a tripod considering the other contenders
for this size of the tripod in this sort of carbon fiber small travel form factor were anywhere from
400 to 800 and i'm all for a good bargain as you know i believe you can get great results without
spending the most on gear it's not all about how much your gear costs so that's why i went for this
thing the 5c by sarui it's a great little tripod i highly recommend it and yeah a short video i just
want to show off my new tripod and hopefully i can get this out into the field and you can get to see
it in action actually taking some photos because at this stage it's been hot it's muggy it's
raining outside at the moment and i haven't been able to actually get out and take any photos since
i got this like a week ago so yeah my poor luck for that continues i really want to try this thing
out for some long exposures and even possibly some nightscape photography and see how it fares under
those conditions out in the real world and i will report back but for now this is a great option
link below and it's not affiliate link or anything this is not sponsored at all in any way this is
just me sharing what i have bought and what i'm going to be using and hopefully somebody might
find this useful too yeah i guess that's it thanks for watching see you in the next one bye for now