Another What Tripod - for small bridge cameras

[K12beano]

My friend has been using a cast off of mine for a long time, but it's a fairly wobbly old thing. We're going to try the old weigh it down with the kitchen sink approach, but that won't assist a great deal as a travel 'pod - it's bulky for packing in hold luggage too.

She's using a recent model Lumix and wants something particularly stable for both moonshots and for travelling and potentially capturing northern lights later this year - as well as other general stuff.

Putting aside cost question, just for the moment, what do PHers think is the ideal weight v sturdiness compromise for bridge camera weight and size at the mo?

[RobDickinson]

how small and light does it need to be, i have a sirui t-025x which is pretty decent.

[LongQ]

The Sirui looks pretty good Rob.

I bought a Giottos Vitruvian for a trip to Oz some years back. Aluminium version.

It's bigger (pretty sure) but mine goes taller without using the extended central column and can convert to monopod mode quite quickly.

The legs are slender but it works remarkably well.

There are range of tripods under the "Vitruvian" brand according to the Giottos web site. Assuming all of them offer good performance for their design intent I am happy to suggest they are worth a look.

http://www.giottos.com/pro_view.aspx?nId=8&Typ...


Giottos have some other ranges as well, some that were not around when I last did any detailed research.