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Originally Posted by matt
So where would one buy one of these gizmos... and what price?
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Well, you can do what I did and buy a couple of $16 specials from Aldi!! I actually did - but not for anything serious - just some basic lightweight camera (high shutter speed) mounting and a pair of light binoculars. I bought these since I had chewed up my previous $20 specials (from the 70s) making my new big binocular mount and a mount for my old 7x50s which don't have a tripod mount point.
Velbon seem to be well placed tripods, between the wobbly specials and the top quality stuff like Manfrotto. Wobbly specials (under $80), Velbon ($90-150), Manfrotto ($150+).
Any camera shop of significance will have Velbons on display.
Of course, if you are going really big loads, better go look in the surveyors shop for the big wooden tripods.