In the purchase of photography tripod, reliability and portable usually a pair of differences can not be adjusted - if there are both reliability and portable goods, the price must be less than the parity. Stable, portable, price, we discuss the tripod three basic premise. What should I do when shopping for a camera tripod?

material

A tripod, by the tripod, cloud head camera two parts. Part of the tripod includes the foot tube, the coupling seat and the rear axle. Generally speaking, tripod connecting seat, buckle lock and other components are all metal materials. We often say that the metal material (foot) tripod, composite material (foot) tripod is actually omitted the "foot" two words.

Proper term: composite pipette

Proposed application: Like other carbon fiber products, composite tripods fear transverse shear stress. In short, you don't have to put a tripod in the trunk of a wide car to keep the dirt from bouncing and hitting the composite pipette.

Pin length

At this stage, the popular tripod see more than 4 or 5 sections of foot tube. The fewer the number of pins, the stronger the reliability; The more the total number of pins, the smaller the volume, the stronger the strap.

Proper term: length of foot tube

The results show that: the total number is small, the reliability is 1; The total number is more, portable 1 purchase proposal: will use 70-200 net heavy camera lens, there are long-term exposure to require customers, or to self-driving travel dominated by photographers, propose to choose less length tripod. On the other hand, photographers who expect to carry a light net weight of equipment should consider a longer tripod.

Application proposal: The pin diameter is gradually reduced and the reliability is also reduced. In the application of low aspect ratio, the preference is to choose the foot tube with thicker extension.

Specifications, design scheme and quality materials determine the load capacity and reliability of a tripod. Large specifications (pin thick, pin coupling seat diameter) can certainly improve the load working capacity and reliability. And under the same specifications, the design scheme (such as the structure of the pin and coupling base), quality materials (materials, production and processing methods) will also make a significant difference in the load capacity and reliability of the tripod.

versatility

Turn over: Traditional tripod in the contraction of the foot tube, the gimbal camera is partially protruding. The tripod with folding design scheme is selected. When storing and sorting out, the foot tube can turn over the capsule pan head camera 180 degrees. The advantage is to reduce the length of the tripod storage arrangement, improve portable; The defect is that the size of the gimbal camera will be limited. For example, the gimbal camera with large size and low center of gravity point cannot be completely closed after folding.

Split monopod: Some tripods have one leg that can be removed and fitted out. By connecting the pin to a gimbal camera or a rocker, the pin can be converted into a monopod or a trekking pole.

Rear axle horizontal: The rear axle is originally vertical with the road, horizontal design scheme is to make it parallel with the road. The effect is to reduce the work of the aspect ratio, conducive to adjust the distance between the camera and the target, especially suitable for climbing stairs, static objects, macro shooting.