Tripod - Help

[vuilang]

Smooth?????

Do you mean $300 is includes the Fluid head & tripod for video? if that's the case, i doubt you'll find 1 that's smooth for $300.

favorable mention for tripod&fluid head for video:

Satchler Ace (strictly Video only) ~$550..
or get 1 of the tripod mentioned earlier and get
video head: manfrotto 501hdv or 502hd ~$180-$200

 

[FunkyJam]

I'm not looking for a professional Tripod. I'm looking for something that allows me to do panand tilt shots without shaking.

 

[jthomson]

I bought a Flashpoint aluminum 3 section tripod from Adorama for less than $100 .
I leave it in the car with a cheap ball head so that I have it available even when I don't expect to be using a tripod. It's a stable but heavy tripod compared to some of the others that have been mentioned.

I can't recommend a video head as i don't use one, but this tripod would allow you to spend more on the head than most of the othes mentioned.

 

[brad-man]

After some research I'm thinking in Manfrotto 055XPROB for Tripod. Still I have no clue what head to choose. Does someone recommend a good for less than 100 euros one?

Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Benro-B-1-Ball-Head-PU-60-QR-Plate-Registered-Mail-Shipment-/310420276033?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48467d8341

 

[Jon Gilchrist]

I have the Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod + the rubber/spikes optional feet + 701HDV fluid video head and they work great with my gripped 7D, plus I shoot mostly video too. I paid roughly $150 for the tripod legs + $30 for the Spikes + $120 for the fluid head, so approx $300 in total (except I purchased in the UK for < £200).

I'd highly recommend the fluid video head for 2 reasons: (1) great for panning up/down or left/right really slowly and smoothly for HD video work (and I mean S-L-O-W-L-Y), plus (2) the video head is great for still photography too (if you want to shoot portrait - then use the 90-degree shift in the 055XPROB stem instead) - just as good as a ball-head.

Ditto this. If you're doing video, you absolutely DO NOT want a ball head. Ball heads are great for photography, but for video they're useless unless you never want the camera to move. Get a decent fluid head like the 701HDV and you'll never be sorry.