Today we're taking a look at this compact light tripod from Manfrotto. You can
pick these up very cheap online. I have one similar to it, but it's a little bit
bigger. Wanted something even smaller, so I picked this other one up for situations
like this. Nice and compact. Three legs per section. And you've got a rotational
thing here. You can take this off and flip it around if you want.
Got a ball connection.
Full rotation on there, and just a simple screw on the top. It can go
vertical or horizontal. Nice thing about these tripods is that they're quick to
open. You just pull all three and they're popped. And you just have to lock each
one down. Maybe there are faster ways to do it, but in this case, pretty quick!
I taped this rubber thing down there. So instead
they put a little pin, which is nice. Spring-loaded.
So you can see here, doesn't get to the same height as the other one...
The bottom legs don't go as wide.
Which isn't ideal, but still it is much more compact when it's compacted up.
And I've never been fond of this thing, as I mentioned so whatever to that.
This one's simple. Hopefully
it'll last just as long if not longer. There's not much to it. The one drawback of
these is that these head portions do not come off, as far as I can tell. So you
won't be able to replace them. That's a... is a big drawback, but for the price it's
not a big concern of mine at least. One thing to take note of with these legs.
I had to tighten them up. They have standard hex connections on both sides.
So you need two, and then you just tighten them together. If you don't tighten these
up this is what happens. Kind of flops around. Not ideal, but if you do tighten
them enough... It's pretty cold out, so what's happening is that when I tightened
these inside they loosen up much quicker compared to if I were to tighten them
say out here or somewhere that it'll give them a much tighter tight.
Got our tripod. Pop out the camera. M5 with the standard adapter. Big as I've
got! Gonna try few photos around here. Often what I do is I hold it by the center
section. Leave the legs open. In this case it's a little easier than this tripod...
Still shaking a little bit. In situations where it's gonna shake quite a bit.. Two second
timer might not be enough. So you can use a 10 second timer, or whatever your
camera has. You can also use a wired cable release. In this case I can combine
the wired cable release with the two second timer. Just adds a little buffer
of shake reduction. I know a lot of people say tripods will last you a long
time, and it's a good investment... And this and that. Which is true, but sometimes if
you buy cheaper ones that are good enough. You're less likely to baby them.
You're less likely to care if you damage it, and stuff like this I'm doing things
quick. I need.. needed to work. I need it to work fast. I need to be small. Now, I
could spend $500 or something on a super compact carbon-fiber
travel tripod. Or I can buy one for 40 or 50 dollars and it'll last maybe just as
long. Or maybe I'll have to buy two or three of them. You know there's always
the possibility of it just lasting a good long time. Just like the super
expensive ones. I'm not against expensive tripods. I'm just saying there are
options that are good enough, and you're not gonna baby it. See it's holding it
okay. This was loosening a little bit, so I had to tighten that. But it's okay so
far. Let's do a little video thing here. So 100 millimeters...
Just tapping on there... 300...
So when I let go it's move a little bit.
Not too bad.
Besides a standard camera you can put a cell phone with the proper
adapter, which I do have with me. See no issues with anything small like this.
It's definitely a good use case for this tripod, but it works just fine with
cameras too. Do b-roll stuff with something like that.
Super compact, but
still very stable for whatever load you're gonna put on it. Especially a
smartphone. So far I'm liking this without the quick release. Just
simplifies things. Rubber feet, I usually cover them.
So far so good with this tripod.
Definitely pretty compact. A little bit smaller than this one I'm
using right now.. That I've been using it for years. With a few other ones, but this
one has been my main kind of video outdoors type of thing tripod. As long as
the height doesn't turn into an issue I don't see this being any worse in any
respect. Because it is more compact. It's quicker to set up. I don't have to mess
with the quick release thing. Just not many negatives here. So that was that
Manfrotto Compact Light Tripod. This other one, I don't think is even sold
anymore with that grip handle thing. See how it works out. Maybe in the future
I'll talk about it more, but so far so good!
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