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When snapping the locks the cheap plastic hardware breaks. Bought one on July 3rd - shot fireworks. Shot three - count 'em one, two, three pictures with it and found it broken. Took it back for replacement, and the replacement broke the FIRST TIME I touched it. Maybe I'm too stupid to use this product... but I don't think so. Cheap. Avoid.
from Indy on 4/21/2008
Not a bad little tripod but forget outdoor work, the little rubber feet keep falling off and if you strap it to the side of your back pack.. you will lose them (like I did this last weekend on a nature trip to take pictures). Shame on you National Geographic. You should know better. DO NOT take outdoor images with this. NG should stand for 'NO GOOD'. If you buy this make sure all the rubber feet are in the box and make sure you understand, though it says PRO on the outside of the box, it will tumble with a TRUE pro camera (Canon 1D or Nikon D3 for example). It shuddered with my 5D and would get nervous with a D40 or Rebel attached I am sure. P&S need only apply here. The tighting screws really complain with heavier cameras attached. A better buy would be a SLIK Sprint Pro GM. Note: Even the SLIK is small, but it is beefier than then NG. Best use for these with bigger D-SLRs is for short macro work where you take out the center pole and go LOW for a low point of gravity. Yes, you can push it a bit and use it like a regular tripod on your nature trip, but ONLY if you stay close and hold onto it at all times. I used it for some neat sunset infrared shots this past weekend too, with long exposures. But there were no kids or animals running around to knock it over.
from Washington State on 9/26/2007
Nice tripod light weight and easy to carry around for hiking and camping. the only problem is it can't hold alot of weight and a little unstable when a heavy lens is on it.
from boulder, colorado on 7/10/2007
I use it extensively in field work taking nature shots; It makes macro-focusing of the minute details of small flowers work wherein I cannot make this work holding the camera by hand.