Recommendations for a super lightweight and super compact travel tripod? I presently have a Tamrac Zipshot mini and a Manfrotto tabeltop style unit. I was looking for the full sized Zipshot, which stands a little taller than the mini, but it does not appear to be made anymore and all I can find on Amazon or Ebay is the mini, which I already have.
It doesn't have to support anything larger than an Olympus PEN, and usually just a Canon G7x subcompact. Main requirement is that it doesn't take up much space in my luggage for business travel. Thanks.
Looking for something to stand about chest to shoulder height. I wasn't looking at the gorillapod and knockoffs as I don't always have something to attach it to. For example, on a beach or the middle of a road.
After my initial posting, I found a clone of the taller Zipshot for $30 on Amazon.
Recommendations for a super lightweight and super compact travel tripod? I presently have a Tamrac Zipshot mini and a Manfrotto tabeltop style unit. I was looking for the full sized Zipshot, which stands a little taller than the mini, but it does not appear to be made anymore and all I can find on Amazon or Ebay is the mini, which I already have.
It doesn't have to support anything larger than an Olympus PEN, and usually just a Canon G7x subcompact. Main requirement is that it doesn't take up much space in my luggage for business travel. Thanks.
I have a Really Right Stuff TQC-14 for hiking; overall length 20" collapsed. The hot ticket right now is the Manfrotto BeFree which is really, really compact and tall enough so you don't have to stoop that much. DO NOT try a Three Legged Thing unless you want to carry an allen wrench with you all the time, 'cause it's wobbly.
In the money-no-object camp, the Gitzo Traveler CF can't be beat. I've had one for about 6 years that collapses down to around 15" and extends up to about 55" using the center column. Most of the others are 18"+ when collapsed. I recently ordered one of the new-ish Benro travel pods that have the tilting center column and collapses to around 16", but sent it back because even when collapsed its overall diameter was about the size of a CD, significantly bigger than the Gitzo, which is about as big around as a coffee cup. Weighed a bit more too.
