Manfrotto 725B

This tripod is a relatively cheap and light alternative to something more all singing and all dancing. It does the job a tripod needs to do: hold the camera steady, and although it lacks some features of more expensive tripods, it is sterdy enough and strong enough to be used in most situations. It is all you will ever need for a compact camera and can take medium sized SLR/DSLR's with large lenses. One of the more attractive features of this particular tripod is that is is light enough to carry up a mountain, but is not in the normal price range that light tripods are. Obviously it is not the sort of thing you would take with you if you were shooting with ...  Read the complete review

When people venture into photography they are mostly unaware of just how much equipment it takes to get shots like the pro`s do. There is much more needed than just a good camera (no matter how good the camera), after the camera is in place you need a few other bits and pieces and one of the most important things is a tripod. A lot of budding photographers are put off buying a tripod because of the money they can cost but the fact is you can actually pick up tripod`s these days very cheaply. Whilst I would not recommend buying the very cheap tripods, there are plenty to choose from without going into the professional range and spending ...  Read the complete review