SIRUI 2-in-1 Aluminum Camera Tripod Monopod, Compact Professional Travel Tripod with 360 Panorama Ball Head, for DSLR Video Camcorders 17,6lbs Load (MT1005+M10)

This tripod does everything easily. Plus it's super well built, small, and light weight considering the quality. Easily holds my camera upside down for the low-to-the-ground shots, and also quickly becomes a monopod. What's not to like? They've really constructed a terrific tripod here.

I wanted to like this, really I did. It came highly recommended from a friend, an advanced photographer (I'd consider myself a bit less advanced, but not in terms of gear experience). My main tripod is a heavy Manfrotto; I wanted something lighter for hiking.When it arrived, I was hugely busy and so I did not read the instructions, just quickly assembled everything and made sure I knew how to put the camera on the plate before I had to dash to a shoot. I set up the tripod for the first scene.... and the ball head segment separated from the leg base (luckily I always keep the strap around my neck) and the plastic connecting piece - the "360 panorama base" with the compass markings - fell right off and clunked into a nearby stream. (I recovered it). I used the tripod as a shaky monopod for the rest of the shoot as time was of the essence and I couldn't stand around trying to figure out what was wrong.Well, shame on me for not reading directions.Got home and read the directions. The tripod came with a set of Allen wrenches, and I couldn't find anything in the instructions about how to use them. My husband finally figured out that they are used to secure the ball head to the tripod - great. One would think that would be made clearer.Then I took the tripod on a camping trip to a state park, which involved a longer hike, in drizzle, up and down a few steep slopes covered in rocks and slippery leaves.The same thing happened with the ball head coming detached. The legs were quite unsturdy on these slippery surfaces. And the camera plate, which twists tightly with a ring, loosened from my camera several times (there is a safety pin that pops up, so the camera never fell off the plate).I will say that I work my gear. I shoot from all angles and heights, I'm constantly adjusting legs and I change horizontal/vertical compositions a *lot*.When I shot verticals, this tripod, with a 28-135mm lens on a Canon Mark IV, did not give me a sense of security. I found myself using my remote shutter release, even if shooting at a fast shutter speed, because I was never sure whether I'd inadvertently loosened something.Summary: Great for hiking. Be very prudent with tightening. Do not get overconfident and expect things to stay tight. Always keep your strap around your neck.I'll keep it, because its advantage on difficult or long hikes is its portability. I will not use it in other circumstances.

I love it, it’s worth the money, easy to use, quality wise excellent, not much of a weight to it great to take with you outside!!!

Hard to assemble returning product

Nice, light, compact.

Molto semplice da utilizzare e ottimo nei materiali

Any tripod is a trade off between its own weight and stability. This is a compact light weight tripod so it isn't going to give the stability of a bigger, heavier unit. It's fine for photographic stills with my full frame mirrorless camera. I think if you want to do panning or zooming video, extreme telephoto or use it with a spotting scope, it isn't the right product for that. It's very nicely engineered, it's smooth and positive in use. The panning feature with the ball head is really good. The Arca Swiss mount accepts other bases I have from Gitzo and Peak Design. When fully extended, it gets the viewfinder of my camera just about up to my eye (I'm 5'11" tall). With legs retracted, it's a reasonable tripod for close-ups and is more stable. Overall, for the price and weight, I'm very pleased with it. I did have a 3 Legged Thing Corey Punks tripod that was rather like this in format, I'd say if anything this is just as well made and maybe more stable. So, as a travel tripod for stills, I've found it to be excellent, to be honest, more than I had expected.

Ich war anfangs von den vielen schlechten Bewertungen. Ich bin letztendlich aber das Risiko eingegangen und habe es gekauft. Ich bin besonders überrascht von der enormen Stabilität.Das Stativ ist extrem Wertig verarbeitet und nur vereinzelt aus hochwertigen Kunststoff. Ich sollte aber noch hinzufügen dass ich als Sportfotograf sicherlich nicht so hohe Ansprüche habe wie ein Landschaftsfotograf.

Excellent trépied, avec toutes les fonctions dont j'avais besoin! Il faut juste faire attention de ne pas l'utiliser dans le sable, car ça s'infiltre partout...

This was the third tripod i bought from this brand in my quest to find the tripod for my needs. i would have liked quick release clamps on the legs but I guess that cost more. Recommend