Haha. I can well imagine ! And it’ll last you 200 years too lol. Worse than buying a Leica for landscapes lol

yes i saw it looks lovely too! tho very expensive and id need to see others use them for a while as its a brand id hear fail a lot.. shame!

Best answer. It depends on your style, your budget and priorities. Some years ago I wouldn't imagine myself spending more than 200-300€. But now my budget is larger, and I already have all the camera&lenses that I need, so why not invest in a good solid tripod? I'm looking for FLM CP34 that will cost almost like my camera, but I'm sure it'll last even more.

I work part time at a camera shop, PD offered us 50% off on all gear, including the tripod. I passed on it. Played with the demo at work, that last section (of 5 sections) is just too filmsy. It's not for everyone

Just guessing, but I'd be inclined to think that the name Mach 3 is a reference to the so-called Mach number used to describe supersonic speed (which was named after the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach)

Glad it was helpful! thanks for the comment

Haha. Knew I’d find you here! Interesting mix of opinions on the Bentley of tripods ay. A few still claim they are. Nuts. That benro has to be equal to any gitzo. It’s faultless. And a steal! Tho I’d love a play with one 😊

Issue 3 is on its wayyyyy 🚀

@@GarethDanks Mate, you are a legend!!

@@GarethDanks It's like a lot of things over the last 5 years. The aspirational gear used to be Lee Filters, Gitzo tripods etc, but the market has changed and other manufacturers are producing products of equal (if not better) quality and at a better price. :-)

Nice one! not seen them before!! just had a look! very similar to the Mach 3! seems a bargain! :-)

Hi. With what ballhead and is it high enough without the centre column?

haha.. trust you to own a Gitzo! they do look nice! but unless i got a belta of a deal, i dont think id get one.. Why Gitzo tho?

@@GarethDanks Because when I did bird and wildlife photography I had a huge Gitzo tripod and a wimberley head because I used a Canon 500 f/4 and sometimes I would hire or borrow a Canon 600 f/4 , always reliable and bullet proof , and very light , that was before Manfrotto took them over .

The Arca P0 is just a brilliant head. Love mine, its just so easy to use.

John, i just picked up a p0 head without any release plate as i thought i would just pop my quick release lever plate from RRS on top of it. unfortunately the silver lever on the head blocks the plate to fully bite into the screw and becomes easily loose. what plate do you use on the p0?

@@bosiefoobar Hi ya mate , when I had my Canon 5DMKIV I used the 3 legged thing L bracket , no problems , Now I have a Nikon Z7 I use the Three legged thing called Zelda , again works perfectly 👍

Good to know! ive just bought a z7 haha

Absolutely! they're no where near as good! :-)

@@GarethDanks Thanks for reply. I see. That's good to know. All that glitters isn’t gold then.

Ah right. Not seen that. Will have a look 😊👍🏻

same on most tripods now mate.. cheap or expensive.. as. long as they're joined together not separate like on some your ok

Thanks but no. I don’t rate the ball head. Depends on your camera size and weight tho

@@GarethDanks you're not happy with it?

Not the head. M4/3 camera might be ok. Legs are fantastic tho

because i can do a pano with the camera pointing at the floor with that.. the top spinny plate needs to be perfectly level where as the base doesnt.. sorry that prob makes no sense haha

@@GarethDanks Yeah not so sure. do you mean when you are shooting a vertical pano? Think this would make a good vlog. Cheers

i get ya mate.. depends where your using them i guess.. low level your fine :-)

@@GarethDanks I do have one ace in the hole if I really need something extremely strong (and heavy). I've got an adapter plate for my CST/berger surveyor's tripod that lets me attach a photo head to it. I think the thing is rated for 45 or 50 pounds. 🤣

Haha. If you’ll ever carry the thing. I still have heavy tripods. They never leave the office as I hate carrying them

@@GarethDanks Indeed, not meant to go more than a few dozen meters from the parking lot! Initially I set it up so I could go to a jobsite, park my wife's D5500 on it and do a time lapse of a timber frame going up. Or at least that was the idea back when we used to gather for things like barn raisings.

@James Hunt If the Benro VX20 isn't too heavy for your Benro Go Plus I'd simply change this for your small Benro IB0 head. Unlike the GX heads from Benro the VX have no scale but this double panorama function (you like at your Arca P0 head). 🤔

Take a look at the iFootage Gazelle, two options with or without centre column, I picked mine up from ProAV for under £200. www.ifootagegear.com/products/gazelle-fastbowl.

Just thought i would pop back and update this re the Gitzo GT3543XLS after 2yrs of use. It is a pile of crap, it flexes too much, the twist leg locks keep sticking despite me regularly servicing it and the rubbers on the twist leg keep turning on their own without the locks undoing. In fact on my last trip away in October it took me about an hour to release 2 of the twist locks on the legs. I would never recommend Gitzo to anyone.

Good question! its hard to explain but basically your camera cant point down when you pan with this method because your already using the ball head to level your tripod.. you'll end up using the legs to level then panning normally with the ball head down slightly.. ok if you wanna shoot straight on.. not if you want the foreground included too.. does that make sense? :-)

hey man.. i knew about the kase covers.. not sure about them.. didnt know about that titanium tripod tho haha! wow.. bit posh!!

yeah mine just went solid.. couldnt get it apart either!! Manfrotto couldnt even fix it

100% agree mate.. id love a free one to own lol but i couldnt ever buy one..

I loved the 055.. still got mine! ones like new, the others rusty and horrible from sea water.. ill check that out.. new one on me!

😂 in honesty I was shocked I could talk so long about a flippin tripod haha

Hey Alan. Sorry not sure what you mean mate? Send me a link mate

@@GarethDanks Sorry I couldn.t get the pic on here so I tweeted it to you

i saw them at the photo show one year.. look smart! old manfrotto's were tanks!! amazing!

Swap ya for a Nikon haha

@@GarethDanks I don’t like it that much 😂

hey Greg.. if its down to vibration i get that, but can it really be much better than my big benro.?? ill look for you vid now.. interesting! hope your well mate :-)

@@GarethDanks it's partly down to vibration, which is dampened by the way the carbon fibre is laid down in manufacturing. The other is stiffness of the main components and how thick they are. Your big Benro is big for a reason, and it does it's job admirably by the way, but it's only as stiff (and strong) as a Gitzo/RRS/Feisol about half it's size. The reason a lot of 'Carbon' tripods out there are a lot cheaper than those brands is because those cheaper manufacturers use a composite tube of Carbon Fibre and Glass Fibre produced en-mass that is cheap to produce. Also, about 90% of hubs (the bit at the top that holds the 3 legs) are manufactured by a single factory in the far east, which is why they all generally look alike. Most people frown on the use of the centre column because they are extra susceptible to vibration, but the centre column of a Gitzo/RRS/Feisol is so much more resistant to vibration due to the stiffness of the tube...so there really is no problem using the column in all but the strongest of gales. A good in the field test of your tripod is to set it up on a windy day and then lightly touch each of the leg sections with your little finger. You'll feel the wind vibrating the legs straight away. As you move up the leg it should get less and less. By the time you get to the top, there should be very very little to none...that's the sign of a good tripod. Of course, the wind will also vibrate the camera on top, which is why a really good head is also essential. You'll never totally eliminate vibration in those conditions, but the real difference between a £300 and a £600+ tripod, in any conditions that you or I are likely to face, is the difference between getting a blurry and a sharp image.

Sorry for the delay man. Yeah I get you but if I’m honest I don’t know anyone who owns one and thinks they’re worth the money or would re invest in similar in future. Also there’s a dpregiew vid recently comparing 4/5 tripods (crappy peak design in there too) and the gitzo does crap on that vibration test. Unless your gonna say that’s a crap gitzo. I do get your point re the physics tho of course. Makes sense. Tho I don’t see how my big benro can be that much of a compromise in comparison. Buy me one and I’ll test it out. Happy to be wrong haha

@@GarethDanks aye, depends on Gitzo. I don’t think the traveller series are that great. As far as knowing folks, that depends who you know, lol.

too short for you haha! but yeah damn good for the money!! thats my second can of that!! used the first a few times before elis broke the top off haha.. it would have lasted years else!!

It does. But I’ll admit it’s not the strongest ball head. 👍🏻

@@GarethDanks ohhhh I thought it is, any alternate suggestion. Thank you so much.

definitely not haha.. mine used to lock up with water all the time!! good ones too! Much better tho! good point! :-)

@@GarethDanks that's a shame, didn't realise that. time to construct a waterproof front suspension then ;)

Where are you based?

@@GarethDanks Northumberland

ooo.. ill look into that!! thank you!

Quality control of Gitzo's, in my opinion, has really dropped.

what a pixie?

@@GarethDanks Yeah Pixie Evo - Something small to stick in my bag for street shooting. It might give me some other options to get creative / could always do a self portrait type thing if no one is around ha

I would also like to comment on the dual 3/8"x16 - 1/4"x20 combination screw mount from an 'historical' perspective. The first that I ever saw of these was on a Leica ball head that I acquired in the late 1950's (and still have). I have no idea if this was a Leica invention, but it has been around for awhile.

Why?

@@GarethDanks lol he has an irrational hatred of tripods, it’s a running joke on his channel, you should check out his stuff 👍🏻