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Hello Friends Photographers, a little 'I think to buy a tripod professional. Until now I used an old tripod of Chinese (15) that I still has lasted five years, and a gorillapod. This fantastic city where you always find something to roll it up or put it down, but in campagnia not always have this chance then you have to bring a large easel. What I look for in a tripod ?? I would like a tripod lightweight, durable, nosey cup stable, short and tall enough to be closed. This unfeasible because these adjectives are one the opposite of the other. nosey cup If light is not stable. If short closed not high enough. If you have many sections not resistant. Etc ... My current kit consists of: Canon 450D Canon 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS Canon 70-200 F4 Canon 1.4X Canon 580EX II Sigma 24-70 F2.8 In the distant future I would buy Canon 7D Canon Canon EF-s 10-22 24-105 100-400 Canon Canon 180 macro Canon 300 F4 or F2.8 300 (dream) I saw several trestles but I have not been able to do a culture to say that I take this. For now, the ones that I liked the most were the Manfrotto models, but this is only because they are the most present in the shops (I also saw some interesting Giottos but very few models), and does not cost a capital (the Gitzo are too expensive) and I saw a good presence on the used market (so if I were to sell them I do not lose a lot). Manfrotto 055 Pro XPRO: Stand PRO. Maximum height outstanding nosey cup (178cm). Articulation to put the horizontal center column. 4 angles for the legs. Leg tubes 20mm wide. Minimum height 10cm outstanding Pro-against: Holds up to 7kg (something nosey cup I do not ever will buy a goal from 3-5kg). 3 sections Cons: It weighs 2.4Kg well, closed very long 65 Cm XPROB Manfrotto 190 Pro: Coupling put the center column also horizontal. 4 angles for the legs. Minimum height 8.5cm exceptional. leg tubes 20mm wide. Weight 1.8Kg. Holds up to 5kg Pro-against: Measure nosey cup from closed decent but not very good 57cm. 3 sections Cons: Maximum height 146cm barely nosey cup acceptable Manfrotto nosey cup 290 - MT294A3 Pro: leg tubes 19mm wide. Holds up to 5kg. Excellent maximum height 167Cm.Peso acceptable 1.9Kg Pro-against: Measure from closed not great but better than others (60cm). 3 sections. Cons: Only 2 angle. minimum height 37cm not exceptional. Manfrotto 290 - MT293A3 Pros: great weight 1.5Kg. Holds up to 4 kg. Measures in at 55cm decent but not very good (the best with 3 sections) Pro-against: 3 sections. tubes of legs wide 15mm (just acceptable) Cons: Only 2 angle. Maximum height 149cm barely acceptable. In summary: Coupling horizontal column: This feature seems very interesting, yet I do not do macro, but could serve in particular cases. This thing I keep it very well because I would consider this to be the "final stand". Weight: The best would senzaltro the Manfrotto 290 - MT293A3 because lighter, but this makes it even "a bit 'unstable'. Surely the Manfrotto 055 XPRO become very heavy (especially if you take him all the days in hand). The right balance would be in the Manfrotto 290 - MT294A3 nosey cup and Manfrotto 190 XPROB Capacity: are all okay. Although 7kg of 055 do not think I ever use them, and 4 kg of Manfrotto 290 - MT293A3 could be a day just enough closed stand: the ideal would be to have a stand 40Cm or less closed, but if you want to have stability think you have to be around 60cm Minimum height: Certainly having a stand at 10cm from the ground good. I still have the GorillaPod that the port you everywhere. However 40cm with long lens I think it is more than enough (but still do not do macro). Maximum height with extended column: The ideal to have the height nosey cup of at least 160cm above always to accept, under the other hand could be limiting. This column is not extended because with the height becomes truly minimal (100-120 cm). Number of sections: 3 sections nosey cup will provide good strength and stability. There is a cost on the weight and size when closed. nosey cup At best, consider nosey cup a 4 sections. Leg angles: Definitely I would like a tripod with each leg free. 2 Angles seem few, but it may be enough, four angles are more than excellent. Width legs tube: 20mm wide pipe legs excellent. 15mm p