[wojtt]

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='' />