Yes its pointless having an expensive camera on a not so hot tripod; when i got home with my new canon 400d placed it on my "ebay" tripod with the zoom lense it striped the thread of the winder from the weight, lucky no damage to the camera. So off to the camera shop and ouch the hip pocket was hit hard but thats the price you pay for such a hobby I guess.
Anyway what I got I could not be happier with, it is so felxible and easy to use
Tripod Manfrotto 190X PROB
Combined with Manfrotto ball swivel head 322RC2
Price around the $400 but with negotiation and comparing to other stores if I remember rightly got mine for around the $380au.
Flexiblility and quickness to change set up is great squeeze trigger and on ball head means you can just swing the camera around all over the place real quick. Some write ups have stated the squeeze trigger is a bit tight but is adjustable and I have not found any trouble there. There are two locks to lock the camer into place, I have found that a little tricky at times but no real drama.
Reason it was chosen is strength, stability and flexibility
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