What is the tripod for you? An accessory? A complement? How can a tripod improve or degrade the quality of your photos? The following statement may surprise you, but the tripod influences the quality of the photos almost as much as the lens / lens. Do you see how photographers strive to acquire the best lens, which has good optics, is treated with care so as not to scratch it, etc. Well, all this is useless if we support the camera on an unstable tripod or if we do not use a tripod directly. you don’t have a tripod and photos are going to be blurry and shaky anyway, why do you want a good lens? Think about it. We tend to underestimate the importance of the tripod, but without it, a lot of photos just wouldn’t. Be possible.
That is why, and for a few weeks now I published an article talking about tripods in general, and as it continued to rain to ask all readers to ask me for a specific recommendation (messages to which unfortunately I cannot reply one by one excuse me from here), today I would like to present you with one of the few “complete” tripods on the market. It’s called Vanguard’s Alta Pro 283 CT and it’s one of the few tripods I’d dare recommend.
- The tripods of this Vanguard brand are always separated from a patellar tripod.
- Which allows us to change heads after a while.
- Maintaining the same tripod.
- There is a wide variety of kneecaps.
- The one I use is the SBH-100 although I think I’m getting hold of a GH-100.
- From the same manufacturer.
- Which.
- Being shaped like a gun.
- Gives a lot more play and even more comfort if possible.
Combined with the SBH-100 head, I use the Alta Pro 283 CT series tripod body, a tripod that claims tons of rewards and accolades.
I’m going to save you the description of the tripod features and specifications, as this is something you can find in the same tab on the Vanguard website. What I would like to share with you is a number of amazing “advantages” that constitute the strengths of this machine.
Tripod flexibility: the tripod allows an infinite number of positions, with the legs open to varying degrees (the tripod can almost rest on the ground).
Ball Head: Your head is made of a ball joint, which means that once the camera is mounted, you can literally move it 360 °, one way or another. On a normal tripod, if you want to move the camera horizontally, you have to touch a button, if you want to move it vertically, you press another key, and so on. Here with this kneecap, all you have to do is move the camera, with your eyes closed if you like, in the direction you want. Also, you can go find your 2-1 / 2 year old and have him do it himself. It will do it perfectly! ?
Multi-angle center column: is this better explained with photos than with words? As you can see in the photos that accompany this article, I managed to direct the central column in the direction and degrees that I wanted, this is very useful for macrophotography exercises. for example.
Feet: The legs of the tripod are wonderful, why? Well, because they have rubber bands that help stabilize and attach the tripod to the ground without scratching it (practical to use at home on parquet, wood, etc. ), but if you suddenly find you in the field, with a small rotating movement the tripod removes nails with which it stabilizes better on clay and grass tracks.
Carbon fiber: Tripod is mainly made of carbon fiber, a material known to be lightweight and resistant.
If I’m honest, this tripod model does not stand out for its affordability, the truth is that it does vary a bit depending on the store where you buy it, but I think it is one of the best investments that can be made in terms of photographic equipment, precisely because of what I said a moment ago, that a good tripod can save a photo as a bad one, ruin it completely.
To give you an idea, this is my third tripod and the first with which I am totally satisfied.