Dolica ST-500 Lightweight Aluminum Tripod

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This tripod is lightweight and transportable, yet simply supports my DSLR with out any fear that it will be knocked more than. Fully extended, it reaches substantially taller than my eye level (over 6ft). Despite most of the critical moving parts becoming produced of plastic, they essentially are rather tough and do not look to show any signs of wearing out right after two months of ownership. The constructed-in bubble level is precise and a large help when on uneven ground. As I said earlier, almost all the crucial moving parts on this tripod are made of plastic, so they will put on out more quickly than an all-metal tripod. This tripod also tends to trigger a small bit a lot more camera shake when you press the shutter button than a heavier a single created of metal (Not a issue if you use a two second timer). The mechanism that tilts the camera 90 degrees to the left for portrait shooting leaves a lot to be desired- it has a tendency to tilt a couple of degrees as well far. Also, the carrying strap on the bag is not padded or something, but I guess I'm just nitpicking now... I'm providing this tripod five stars because it is a good worth for the cash. It could not be as rock-strong as a tripod made totally of metal, but it also a lot, considerably more affordable.

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Has a lot of adjustments and is folds down to a fairly compact size. The bag is nice to have to. I'm a beginner photographer. I had to replace my old tripod mainly because I lost the foot. I found this affordable Dolica and quite a lot got what I paid for. It works fine, but it was much cheaper feeling than my previous mid-level tripod. The materials are quite low cost and the foot is a small floppy. Need to be fine if you are an amateur, not too picky, and won't be hauling the tripod to crazy areas exactly where it will get beat up.

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Wonderful cost and good quality create. None Would definitely obtain yet another.

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Affordable...Low Expense. Flimsy...you get what you pay for. Part of a d90 package.

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Its a wonderful stand and has good adjustments, its quite lightweight, very considerably worth the 29 dollars, I would of expected this to be 60+ following seeing it in individual. None that I can assume of, in particular when it was 29 dollars. it did have a powerful smell to it like folks say, but I guess those people today don't obtain new items incredibly considerably because everything new has that "new" smell, which this did.

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Nicely Built for the price. Extremely pleased! None Buy one particular you will like it.

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This is a truly nice tripod. Getting 6 feet tall and one particular of the shorter ones in my loved ones I consider this is wonderful. We have also been seeking for a single that would help us to take group pictures of our big family this will do the trick Absolutely everyone wants to borrow it.

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Great Tripod. Differ light. None.

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regular tripod; good price; not heavy; fantastic for travel. operate not smooth but it is ok. Just take my time for my pic.

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Really tall, lite weight, sturdy and comes with a carrying case. None. I got this thinking that I would attach it to our camera case, but it is way also big for that. I have in no way owned a tripod, so I don't have anything to evaluate it to, but this seems genuinely good for the money I paid. I would advise it and would buy it once again.

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The crank mechanism is great. Poorly created. I'm not really happy with this tripod. It looks a lot nicer in the Newegg photographs than it does in actual life. It's very chinsy and poorly created. Dolica need to focus additional consideration on craftsmanship than on presentation. There are a lot of plastic parts on this tripod where they must have utilised metal. The bag that comes with it is a joke. I would suggest to go with a distinct brand. I am completed with Dolica now.

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for novices its all what you need to have ....Obtain IT non I read some reviews ... propels R nuts ...oOo negative smell...inexpensive created ...shaky!!! and YES its all that new plastic = smell leave it outdoors for a few days low-cost made = you get what you paid for.. 18 $ no shipping shaky = you don't know how to use it

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-low-cost-light-comes with a bag-gets the job done -mine looks employed!-not incredibly sturdy-movements are not really smooth The tripod itself looks ok, but the head has a lot of dings on it, surely not a new item. A bit disappointed with this, but for the price, it's not worth going through the return method in particular considering that functionally it's good. I'd give it 4 stars if it wasn't for that.

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The Tripod is really good and comfortably.Turn in all directions, be lifted high and is straightforward to use.My daughter is ten years old use it with ease. No time to bother it back The tripod came to breaking box masked with tape and a single leg slightly injured.The tripod I ordered it for a buddy from Europe for his birthday, how he gave it in such situation.Now will need to have to go to B & H to obtain it yet another tripod.

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Really sturdy nicely made tripod, not light on characteristics, and great hunting to boot. The strap on the bag is a tiny brief to throw over your shoulder if your out walking about with your camera gear. This tripod was an upgrade from an old affordable-o Samsonite ű tripod I got years ago as I necessary some thing additional sturdy to hold my DSLR. This definitely does the trick and has lots of functions to boot. I couldn't yet bring myself to drop 赨+ on a pro tripod so this is a great compromise. The a single I ended up getting is solid black unlike the one pictured but I was not disappointed thinking about it looks significantly much better than the bronzish color shown.

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extend tall enough so that tall people today can stand correctly my canon 50D appear to not be level even when all leveling points show that the head is level other than the prior comment, this appear to be a superior tripod I will nonetheless get a far better tripod, but this will be a very good added considering that it came in a package deal and it was pretty cheap.

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Excellent and sturdy. Fantastic worth for its 20$ on sell on NewEgg. None

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This tripod is light weight but can be stabilized when extended by hanging camera bag on hook at bottom. I use this tripod outdoors on uneven ground and the legs adjust speedily and simply with the clip locks. The rapid mount head stays on my camera all the time and mounting or removing the camera from the tripod takes about a second. The flip function on the tripod head is handy for altering camera from portrait orientation to landscape orientation. The levels are a nice feature, but the legs adjust so effortlessly that I generally just sight up a vertical line in my image to the edge of the frame and lock down the leg clamp. Shooting outdoors, I locate that a light spray of dry silicon lubricant on the legs, just about every month or two helps. This tripod frequently gets tossed in the back of a truck, and the plastic knob for the head flip feature broke. I purchased a metric wing nut ( 12 mm, I consider ) from a hardware shop for about 50 cents and have been making use of it this way for about a year. The wing nut woks fine so maybe this isn't truly a "Con" ??? I would like to have an additional Quick Release Mount for my wife's camera so she could use this tripod too.

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This tripod is supportive enough to mount my lightweight Acer H5360 Projector. It is tall adequate to enable high throws from behind my viewing position without having a permanent mount. It's a far better construct good quality then i expected for the price. The knob and manage for vertical and horizontal alignment is extremely sensitive to the slightest tension adjustments. I can't get smooth rotation with out loosing assistance.

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-Fairly-Inexpensive-Pretty Cheap-Fairly Light-Has most (if not all) of the functions you would count on from a Much pricier tripod-An amazing obtain for beginners/casuals or pros who require a throwaway-Lots of position/height adjustments at your fingertips. -Certainly cheap. I've opened the box and played around with all the knobs and clips... I can tell you proper now it feels SO a lot less costly than it looks in the pics. This plastic WILL break with heavy use, mark my words.-Smells like... umm... rubber bacon, if you can imagine anything like that. Its three feet away from me proper now and I can smell it. If I had paid more for this, I would right away rate it much lower. It will be fine for me, I'm confident stowed away far more than employed, but if you're planning to invest a lot of time with a tripod, I dont recommend this 1. Go all metal.That being mentioned, if you purchase a อ tripod thinking you're gonna get additional than a อ tripod, you're a fool. I would give it five eggs just for the value, except the looks are so deceiving that it seems pretty much criminal. You should make it Look low cost, that way no one particular is disappointed when it arrives and you understand you just got what you paid for. Knocked an egg off as 'fair warning' lolGeneral, I think I'll be really pleased with the sheer value I'll in all probability get in this tripod (on sale for ย) and I will return with an additional evaluation if it turns out otherwise.