1. It is not suitable paper cone cups for mountain climbing (I repeat, we are the Gitzo), where the

For portability problems, paper cone cups I had to make another addition to Manfrotto tripod I own. In choosing impacted some key points: that does not give me problems in bringing him on a scooter or bike, so it was small and light, paper cone cups not more than 1.5 kg; that was suitable for macro photography; that does not attract attention, given that around in a city like Rome (I made a similar argument for the bag of Think Tank Photo); W hat I would support more than 3 kg between paper cone cups camera and lenses;
It 'a tripod little known by us. Someone in our country has tried, we spent two positive words and especially has kept this in the hit parade of the best travel tripod. In fact this Velbon is made for the movements: its great merit is precisely to ensure a low weight, a reduced dimension when it closed (without the head) and the ability to stretch in extreme cases, reaching over 150cm, with the 'aid of the central column. The tripod comes with five sections that extend with a simple twist of each tube clockwise. Every single foot has a lever at the top, through a simple paper cone cups mechanism, allows the leg to expand and become suitable for macro, with extraordinary results. What's great, in fact, it is the small footprint and excellent stability. The center tube, then, is removable with a simple and rapid unscrewing. The strengths paper cone cups of this tripod are undoubtedly the ease of transport: I can put it in the trunk of a scooter, the Honda SH 150, so it is transportable in those means with spaces to the smallest change. The other gem is its stability in holding a 4 kg of material, although there is half of the head that we used above. Many advise against those that are the parent suggests: paper cone cups THE QHD-61Q, but from his proposes the bubble that is missing to the tripod. With a small adapter on the attack, for now I'm going with spherical head Manfrotto 496 RC2, which is perhaps even too heavy and with a diameter slightly larger than the attack of the tripod, but I've paper cone cups seen the material above, paper cone cups better not to risk with things lighter. paper cone cups I did a test with Battery Grip 7D and mounted the bianchino + 70-200, then putting it to the test. the vibrations feel with very little, something inevitable as obvious, but it does its job, especially if you act faithfully paper cone cups following the rules of the ABC of landscape photography. I took several photos on the moon, for example, helping with the "live view" shot to the maximum (10x optical zoom) to the subject to check the sharpness paper cone cups in the shot: complete with a remote control and mirror lock on, I must say that his duty did it flawlessly, paper cone cups although there breeze, traffic of cars behind me and tourists that I passed half a meter, continuously. Is certainly a tripod that serves the professional who takes care of landscaping: for them there is a world Gitzo, offering spectacular tripods, light and carbon; fantastic short robe that cost three times the minimum guarantee stability but that with Manfrotto aluminum, to name a brand of the best known, paper cone cups is offered only if they are well-heavy. Watching him well, this tripod is just designed for that audience that lives and needs of shifts with few expenses of lightweight material. Surely, you think twice to ride inside a "full frame", which is considerably heavier. I feel worse if this there is mounted a "toed" stabilized. Finally, you should note that this case presents a very convenient tripod, then transported separately paper cone cups from the rest of the outfit. I think, but I'm not sure that there is enough space to make it fit with the head suggested by Velbon same. Let the negative points.
1. It is not suitable paper cone cups for mountain climbing (I repeat, we are the Gitzo), where the risk of adverse conditions are always around the corner and this is too light to deal with situations where there is very windy or raining. 2. 'devoid even of the bubble, paper cone cups that it is present in some of the TA Berno. I have not raised the issue because paper cone cups I have the 7D that has the ability to read the slope, but for those who do not have it, must have faith in the head QHD-61Q, that recommended by the house, as mentioned above. 3. perhaps the most important: the locking paper cone cups of the tubes once pulled down: for the economy of the tripod and the size to maximum extension, the Velbon has opted for only two wheels: a first tube and the other in the past, which has practically the function of the foot and which is not very suitable for the turf (there are tripod with much more protruding tips to be anchored better on the ground). The other three sections do not have wheels, but they turn out: I consider it inconvenient and dangerous, because you have to tighten up strong