Hi Lou! I also saw the S211 and it seemed a bit more robust than the S210. What is your opinion? If it is worth the price difference? Thanks a lot!

@@FranciscoLopez-Machado After posting I realized the model I have has the transverse Center column allowing you to take overhead shots, so I think it is definitely worth it if that’s a feature you need.

Thanks - I agree!

Never owned a Land Rover, and couldn't get on with the used Benbo I found. But the new Gitzo travel tripod looks superb - very tempting!

@@AllanWallsPhotography Neither Land Rovers nor Benbos enjoy universal appeal. I acquired both about 25 years ago. The Benbo at a photo swap meet, late in the day as I made one last round to see if I might have missed something others had passed by. The seller was disposing of the Benbo for a friend, enraged when the tripod pinched his fingers. I also discovered a ballhead for the Benbo at another booth. We all drove home togehter in the Land Rover.

Hi Steve, talk about coincidence! I dropped my Tokina 11mm while making a video yesterday. No damage. That lens is built like a tank. By the way, the camera plate won't fit on GoPro accessories either.

@@AllanWallsPhotography Hi Allan, I nearly grabbed my grinder to shorten the screw, but decided my wife wouldn't appreciate me shortening my finger after our friend just about lost his hand with a grinder. Sounds like your lens came of better than mine. I can hear something rattling about inside the lens and it makes a grinding noise now, but fully functional. No tears - although I was disappointed - but this is the price of the hobby. My friend in the 70's was a news paper photographer. He had to climb onto a collapsed pier (Iron - an I.K Brunel design) and as he tried getting off the boat onto a ladder for the pier, his lens hit the pier. He sent it off to get repaired. Nikon charged him almost as much as the lens cost in the first place. So, like yourself, I quite appreciate my Tokina lenses. Wide angle lenses are also good to get second hand. I expected to get a scratch on the lens & then console myself that it wouldn't matter much, as wides seem to ignore front lens scratches and favour the object they are focused on. It was good to see you out in the bush. I liked the bit about getting down on your knees and not being able to get up. I lay down on beaches to get low shoreline shots and then struggle to get up.

Right, and I make it clear that The center column needs to stay down. This is true of any/all lightweight travel tripods, which pretty much all come with a center column.