04-09-2011, 08:44 PM
Another nice and reasonably priced gear is Manfrotto, I can recommend the 190 series, both alu and carbon versions are worth it, and good enough for your setup.. same goes for the heads.
A very lighweight alternative - although with a rather different application - is a Gorillapod :
http://joby.com/gorillapod/focus/
I have used one of those with the D700 and it held up to the task <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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A very lighweight alternative - although with a rather different application - is a Gorillapod :
http://joby.com/gorillapod/focus/
I have used one of those with the D700 and it held up to the task <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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