I just bought this one for real estate photography to use with my Sony A7ii and 16--35 mm lens. I thought I had done enough research, but now I don't know since reading your comment before mine.
I am thinking to buy FGP28A (Aluminium) since both are the same design and functionality except the material used. My concern is, is it sturdy enough to hold Nikon Z6ii + 24-70MM lense in horizontal setup?. For the horizontal setup, I observe that the weight of the camera will not be in the centre of the tripod, so I am assuming that the weight of the camera might damage the centre column holder and break sometimes, not sure how sturdy it is (is it made up of plastic or metal). Hope it should not damage the tripod mount/locking system. Any kind of information if you share is really helpful to decide. Thanks Shashi
Hi Shashi! Thanks for your message. I think the center column holder is the weakest link. It is plastic all the way... I used this tripod with my Sony A7S2 + rig + sidehandles + powerbank + Tamron 28-75mm lens. It bends littlebit, but i have to use quite much counterweight to keep this tripod in position... Hopely this helped your decision. Feel free to contact me, if you need more information. Cheers!
@@lukasrandoms6716 Thank you so much for the quick reply and for sharing your experience. I doubted it holds up good, I am not wrong here. Any other option or model you could suggest me? basically, I am learning so majorly I am looking into flat lay, micro, landscape photography tripod. I am considering Benro GX25 ball head with that. Thanks once again for your swift reply.
Maybe this Manfrotto Befree GT XPRO? It's littlebit more expensive, but ball head is included on that... Also looks like that center column holder is metal on this tripod...
I just bought this one for real estate photography to use with my Sony A7ii and 16--35 mm lens. I thought I had done enough research, but now I don't know since reading your comment before mine.
I am thinking to buy FGP28A (Aluminium) since both are the same design and functionality except the material used.
My concern is, is it sturdy enough to hold Nikon Z6ii + 24-70MM lense in horizontal setup?. For the horizontal setup, I observe that the weight of the camera will not be in the centre of the tripod, so I am assuming that the weight of the camera might damage the centre column holder and break sometimes, not sure how sturdy it is (is it made up of plastic or metal).
Hope it should not damage the tripod mount/locking system. Any kind of information if you share is really helpful to decide.
Thanks
Shashi
Hi Shashi!
Thanks for your message. I think the center column holder is the weakest link. It is plastic all the way... I used this tripod with my Sony A7S2 + rig + sidehandles + powerbank + Tamron 28-75mm lens. It bends littlebit, but i have to use quite much counterweight to keep this tripod in position... Hopely this helped your decision. Feel free to contact me, if you need more information. Cheers!
@@lukasrandoms6716 Thank you so much for the quick reply and for sharing your experience. I doubted it holds up good, I am not wrong here.
Any other option or model you could suggest me? basically, I am learning so majorly I am looking into flat lay, micro, landscape photography tripod.
I am considering Benro GX25 ball head with that.
Thanks once again for your swift reply.
Maybe this Manfrotto Befree GT XPRO? It's littlebit more expensive, but ball head is included on that... Also looks like that center column holder is metal on this tripod...
@@lukasrandoms6716 thanks much for the suggestion sure will check that manfrotto model 👍🏻