(Advice needed) best Tripod for 2k

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Hey guys,

I am going to spend the last of my life’s saving on a tripod and I want to make sure I buy the right product. Currently I am looking at a Sachtler tripod with DV-6SB Head and aluminum or carbon fiber tripod legs. Seems both are the same weight but the carbon fiber is tougher and sometime I am ruff on my Tripods. I must be able

1. hold up 20 LB
2. Be smooth enough to work on film and with steadicam footage.

I am looking at

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/382482-REG/Sachtler_0650_DV_6SB_SL_Carbon_Fiber.html


Also I would not mind saving some money and possibly going with a miller tripod
Like this one

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/293494-REG/Miller_1514_SOLO_DV_20_Carbon.html

I need as much help as possible with things to look out of and the advantages and disadvantages of both. I am used to working on a Wal-Mart tripod that broke recently and just about anything be an improvement.
 
i do not know what camera you are using but in your price range a cartoni focus head with the miller vj solo sticks is a great set-up for under two grand and this is available at B&H or other discount sellers also it is a 100mm bowl cnfiguration whereas the sachtler is only a 75mm bowl and imho over priced and over rated
 
Before you waste your money on cartoni focus, read this
http://www.dvuser.co.uk/content.php?CID=166

"It would appear that after buying a semi-professional camcorder costing around £4,000, most people would go out and buy a tripod priced around £400, such as a Manfrotto 503/525P kit. Now, don’t get me wrong, the 503 Manfrotto is a fine budget tripod, in fact it is probably as good as you can get for the money. But this tripod (and many others like it) has some serious limitations that a professional simply could not live with. These include fluid drift-back, leg wind-up, dead-spots within the head and other mechanical limitations.......

I recently tested a Manfrotto 503/525P tripod, which cost around £365. As I’ve mentioned already, this is a great low-budget tripod, but it could not be used for any serious professional work. In fact, I would go as far as to say that it is only really usable in the ‘locked-off’ position; don’t even attempt a pan as you will almost certainly see the dreaded drift-back effect at the end of the pan movement. This could be due to inferior quality fluid or the built-to-a-budget internal mechanics of the head perhaps? I’m not picking on Manfrotto tripods either, I recently reviewed the Cartoni Focus tripod, which costs £899 and it also suffers the same gremlins as the Manfrotto, so do many other budget tripods. It’s simply a case of you get what you pay for."

I owned and used both the 503 and Cartoni focus before and I agreed with the review 100%.
 
Sachtler DV-6SB with the Miller Solo DV legs (the Solo VJ legs are overkill with a small head like this).

Bought one of each last November, have traveled and shot all around the world since then, in rivers, mud, swamps, desert, it's great. Also, you can put a rain jacket over your camera and huddle underneath the Miller legs in a rainstorm and you have a little shelter from the rain. No spreader, they are a dream to use. Love mine a lot.

Best,

Dan
 
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