68" Carbon Fiber Camera Tripod,Compact Tripods with Metal Ball Head,Quick Release Plate,Detachable Monopod 22lbs Load for DSLR with Phone Mount,D255C4+BH-28L

Purchased this for an upcoming trip to Canada. It was pressed into duty for a close friend of my wife as I needed to be the photographer for her wedding and then off to Canada. Pros: Lightweight and comes with its own bag. One leg screws off and the main shaft screws on top to make a mono pod. The head is pretty sturdy and the ball allows for virtually unlimited adjustments. The bubble level is a plus. The legs "splay" out for great low level shooting. Used it with a Nikon Coolpix and it was very sturdy, in particular in the wind. It just needed to be oriented correctly. Adjusts easily. Camera can be used upside down as the main shaft comes out and can be inserted in an inverted manner. Cons: There are a lot of extensions on the legs, so be prepared. There are two height adjustments on the main shaft. One that is at the tripod, and the other is at the top of the shaft. Not a bad thing if you discover it...LOL... Not sure how much abuse this one will absorb so pack it carefully for a rugged trip or pack out. I packed mine in my hardside suitcase. IMHO, this one is a winner for the casual photographer.

Very small and lightweight but durable. I love that the center posts telescopes. Perfect for my Plein air painting abroad.

This tripod is much easier to carry, and is plenty rigid for my various cameras -- Fuji X-T5, Sony RX-10, etc. The Arca-Swiss mount is exactly what i need, plus I really like the carry bag. Good value, excellent build quality. Happy camper!

The build quality of this tripod is pretty good overall, especially for carbon fiber. The ball head and QR plate are solid. The tripod is super adjustable with some really great features. I love the compact design of it fully folded and it’s nice and light—really great for packing. The one negative for me was the fact it was a bit wobbly fully extended to its full height. I have a Canon 5D Mark III and when I had the center post all the way up and all of the legs fully extended, I found it was a bit wobbly and that’s just with a 40mm pancake lens and flash unit on the camera. The problem for me, as I saw it, were the final sections of the legs, which were also the thinnest sections. They tended to be slightly ’flexy’ with the center post all the way up. That concerns me when I will need to take full-length photos of some of the taller people I’ll need to photograph. At 60” (5 feet), the tripod feels good and stable; it’s that extra 7” extended that changes things. So many things to like about this tripod, but I don’t think I can use it for my regular work projects.

I find this tripod to be a great value, priced very well for what you get. It could be a bit more stable and sturdy. It is very stable and very sturdy, but not quite enough to do night photography. For daytime and moderate darkness, it works great. I like the flexibility to use it in a number of different configurations.. I also like the light weight, small folded down size and portability.

I highly recommend this. great build quality! easy to used. Low and High height! great price! and very light to carry it around. I should of bought this sooner! Great on my Nikon Z7II

2 tripods purchased - this at 2LBS 3.6OZ and another that weighed nearly 4LBS - and concluded that 4LBS is not suitable for long hikes. At 61" it is about as high as can be viewed standing, but with the low end at about 13" (& then add camera height) there are likely situations where I'd like to go lower - some of the best landscape framings are closer to the ground. Reversing the center post would allow it to go lower but shooting with the camera upside down is not for me. If K&F were to provide an ca.5" accessory center post this would solve the problem - as far as I can find there are no 3rd party post extensions of 23mm diameter that could be cut to size. I can't speak to how long it will last but the quality seems excellent and exceeded my expectations, maybe better than my larger Manfrotto and similar to my max size Gitzo. And fwiw it's a cute tripod. When stability is an issue I tether small tripods from the center hook with a 7" three blade aluminum tent peg + guy string and synch it tight. Regarding the ball head - for me more cons than pros. It is very light and can easily hold steady my 3-4LB camera+lens combinations. However, the arca plate clamp section is made of a plastic resin, looks like two halves glued together - in contrast the excellent lightweight plate that attaches to the camera is made of metal (CNC cut aluminum?). The chief issue here is that one side of the actual clamp is in the form of a bridge, it is not solid. My concern is that a break here might be catastrophic for the camera or lens. Not likely to happen if you're careful, but stuff happens in real life and for me that's maybe too many $ riding on that resin bridge. A second issue is that the housing and screw that connects the clamp to the ball is slightly raised, probably to provide extra strength because metal clamps generally have the screw recessed. This extra height bumps into both my longer plates that slide along the clamp (mine are 85mm and 100mm long) and prevents being able to use their full length to set the camera+lens center of gravity over the center of the ball head. Because I like the tripod (and it may be unique for its height/weight combination), I looked for a replacement ball head. Two look promising: the $49 Sunwayfoto and the $40 K&F. The former was recommended on the phillipreeve landscape website. This head is all metal (only a couple ounces heavier) and has the advantage that by partially synching the ball you can smoothly position the camera without having to support its weight. But I find the knobs are not as easy to use as those on the original K&F ball head. I haven't yet checked out the $40 K&F, but it looks promising and has the better ball synching knob. Update September 4th: The weights of the 3 ball heads are: original K&F 5OZ, $49 Sunwayfoto 7.3OZ, $40 K&F 7.8OZ. Comparing the two expensive heads. They have a similar load rating. I prefer the more CNC production of the $49 versus the Magnesium + something alloy of the $40 which is cast and has bits glued - I think the $49 will last longer. The knobs on the $40 K&F are better than its $49 rival, but strangely enough I still like the knobs of the original K&F best. Note that the Magnesium is softer than the CNC and I scratched the base just attaching it to one of my tripods, so I won't be able to take advantage of the free returns. It's decent enough so I'll use it on one of my other tripods. The $40 comes with an arca plate, the $49 does not, but again I prefer the original arca plate included with the K&F tripod - it's a bit lighter and the screw can move for positioning ($40 is fixed) and the shape is more standard, the $40 plate being narrower and pointlessly (imo) a bit longer. A final point on the shapes of the arca plate clamps - the Sunway is your standard rectangular clamp which per ounce of clamp weight seems to maximize the amount of contact along the edges of the inserted plate. In contrast K&F has opted for a triangular (original) or circular ($40) clamp. In summary, I prefer the the knobs and ergonomics of the included K&F compared to both the more expensive add on plates, but do not like its resin plate holder. A lightweight CNC rectangular plate holder would solve this but the $49 ball head, though pricey, gives added security with a weight penalty of only a couple of ounces.

Bought this as a "throw-away" tripod for my last journey to eastern Europe with the idea that if needed, it could be left behind. It's cheaper than my regular carbon-fiber tripod though not quite as sturdy but a lot lower cost. It comes complete with a smart-phone clamp and quick-release place and folds up quite nicely. Even comes with the proper wrenches. However, the feet unscrew easily and one must constantly make sure they down come out. There are a few other little things that easily loosen but they are minor and if you are aware, you shouldn't have issues. One thing I like is that this tripod extends a little higher than my other small travel sticks but, like other than my larger tripod, there's no easy way to get the camera near to the ground other than upside-down which looks great in an ad, but has always been a PIA in practices. IMO, when the legs can go nearly to the ground, the column should be able to be split so that one doesn't have to carry a short center column nor try to work the camera glass-awkward.

Light and sturdy at first! But then two components broke in the first couple of weeks. The first was a plastic gasket on the neck which cracked, after which I could not extend the tripod to its max height. Later a spring in one of the legs broke. I ended up returning the item.

Fatto bene , robusto e qualità. Pratica sacca per il trasporto. Fornito anche il supporto per cellulare. Il movimento a sfera decisamente fluido e pratico .

Sehr schönes Carbonstativ, sehr stabil, sehr gute Qualität,kann ich nur empfehlen.

I love it. But there's a crack on the rubber close to the ball head. Not sure if I'll return it or live with it.

Very happy. Excellent product delivered promptly