Satinsnow said:I have one that I have been using for about 3 years now, still as sturdy as the day I bought it, I also sold them alot when I worked in the photo stores, I have never heard anything bad about them at all, in fact most mags, and photogs have reviewed them very favorably.
Just cause you have not heard of something don't mean its bad, less than 2 years ago, no one had heard of my product and its number one in the world now.
Almost ever major magazine in the world has at one time reviewed them and run ad's for them, if I remember right HP marketing is the company that handles them.
Dave
Both Gitzo and Manfrotto are owned by the same UK company (the Vitec Group). Velbon is Japanese.Bradfordclimber said:<snip> PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
Satinsnow said:Peter,
When did you ever hear me make the statement about snobs? Are you Trying to get a disagreement going where we will all come out mad...
Please in the future if you respond to my message, don't be so crass as to assume you can put words in my mouth, I spoke of brand/name identification, never once did I say anything about anybody being a snob, you run into the same problem with other gear as well, I can't tell you the number of times I have been told my $8000.00 Minolta 600mm f/4 lens is junk when I am standing next to a Canon or a Nikon shooter, but my sales figures on stock, magazine as well as gallery images will prove them wrong every single time, I sell just as many images as the next guy..and this with a lens that has been called junk!
So don't presume, assume or even think you have the right to put words in my mouth.
Now if you want to, we can in private get into a pissing match about what I think constitutes a photography snob, not that it would solve anything, but at least we would not be boring the rest of the membership with our rhetoric..
Dave
Peter De Smidt said:Hi Dave,
I just read your post quoted above. As should be clear in the post you were responding to, I was talking about something that Paul said, and thus not you.
Paul Sorensen said:Mine was also very good, I no longer use it because I am now doing large format and it was not appropriate for that use. I apologise for my role in the argument. I certainly was not intending to start anything and I suspect that the folks who have dealt with me here know that I don't go around trying to start fights.
Bradfordclimber said:ALSO I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A GITZO USER HAVING THESE MAJOR TYPE PROBLEMS.
A LOT OF THE MANUFACTURING GOODS THAT EVOLVE FROM THE FRENCH ARE SUBPAR IN MY EXPERIENCE--RENAULT, GIOTTO ETC.
AS BEST I KNOW VELBON IS A U.K. BRAND AND BOGEN/MANFROTTO AND GITZO ARE ITALIAN. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
Anupam Basu said:I recently saw a Giottos MT-9160 tripod in my local store and was totally blown away by it. Innovative and rock solid
Anupam Basu said:Just thought I'd post an update. I ordered the Giottos MT-9160 and was very disappointed with the construction.
erickson said:I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you. Just out of curiosity, was the newer 9160 different than the one you saw in your local store? I'm puzzled by the change in opinion. You had commented before about the tripod being rock solid.
Also, B&H lists the 9170 for only $8 more than the 9160. The weight rating goes from 22lb (9160) to 26lb (9170). If that rating is an important factor, I would have spent the extra money. The Gitzo that you ordered is rated to hold half the load of the Giottos and is almost twice as expensive.
Anupam Basu said:Turns out the one in the store was the carbon fibre version which was much more expensive.
Anupam Basu said:Turns out the one in the store was the carbon fibre version which was much more expensive.
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