Tripods for the Canon 7d?

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yellowcouch

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What would be a reasonably priced tripod for the canon 7d. Are we talking in the 1000 range to get something of decent quality?
ANy suggestions
Thanks again
 
to go bhphotovista.com and search "bescor"

Best sub $200 tripod out there.

Best head for the money? Davis & Sanford FM18... comparable to $400-$600 heads on the market @ $99
 
oh, my bad... I took as if he was asking if he had to to spend $1000, to even get anything with decent-quality performance.
 
J.Davis,

Actually, the poster asked this question: "Are we talking in the 1000 range to get something of decent quality?". NOT for recommendations around $1000. And, as asked, posters are proving it is not necessary to spend $1000.
 
... and I stated, quality is subjective.

for me, any head less than $900 is prosumer and it ain't quality. This goes for all the bogens listed so far, 701, 501 and even the 503. The $900 Miller DS5 is the lowest I would go and still attach the word 'quality' to.

Remember, you are not paying for three sticks, or a head that moves. You're paying for an image to start moving fluidly, continue to move with consistent speed and then stop without lashback.
When viewed at 1080p, lashback of even half a millimeter in the head is very noticeable. Maybe try it with a 100mm sometime, it can feel like a seismic tremor!

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the bogens are passable if you are shooting 50mm and wider, even at 50mm the 701 is only good for pans, it handles tilt/pan combos like crap. Problem with bogen is you need to get a 516 or 519
or better to start to get decent control and by then your head is massive and heavy. I sold off my bogen 516 for this reason.
 
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i agree. bogens may seem great to you at first, if the best you've used came from best buy. however, as time goes by you start to realize they aren't the best. if you want to spend a G, the miller is nice. you may also check out the cartoni focus. super smooth head and fully adjustable counter weight spring (very important!!!)
 
Listen to J Davis now and believe him later. Your VDSLR is going to be perched on your tripod at least half the time. A decent pro tripod will do more to improve the quality of your footage than virtually anything else you buy. Don't cheap out on that.
 
And don't forget, the more money you spend on gear, the bigger the pro you are. Geez.

I've seen better content and quality from iPhone video than some with $2000 tripods.
 
dan.carter said:
Here's another example of what can be done with light-weight tripods and heads.

http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2010...graphic-earth-explore-desert-adventure-on-7d/
Click to expand...

and a PRO using them. this is documentary style shooting. also, i saw a lot of lock off shots, not so many pans. you can do that with a cheap tripod. however, sometimes you need the ability to do a painfully slow smooth pan tilt move or do a fast move and maintain stability or use an extremely long lens and maintain solid shake-free footage. that's when your cheapo tripod/head will fail.

or maybe i'm just an idiot and experience has led me down the wrong path. if you can pull off all these kinds of difficult shots with a bogen 501, tell me how to do it. then i could sell my current sticks and use the cash to buy a 501, and another 7D, and another 501, and another 7D...
 
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