The choice of photography tripod is based on your needs, which mainly combines these four aspects.

Shooting demand

Most photography enthusiasts belong to the outdoor type of photography, indoor generally for the studio and portrait shooting. There are also some special types of photography, such as sports news shooting. Male users generally have more physical strength than female users, so male users can choose a heavier tripod, after all, weight and the stability of the tripod is still related to a certain extent. Female shutterbugs need lighter tripods that don't take too much effort to use. If you are afraid that it is not stable enough, you can hang heavy objects on the hook under the central axis to increase its stability. Please pay attention to the weight of the hook and the tripod.

Travel photography tripod

In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standard, the demand for tourism has increased greatly, and the tripod as a photographic device has become more popular. Coupled with the introduction of carbon fiber materials with stable molecular structure, portable positioning travel tripod began to become mainstream. Travel is usually used with the tourist pod and octopus pod. Tourism tripod is relatively light tripod, octopus tripod is strong adaptability, can be disk on the object such as railings.

Choose the travel tripod, according to their own travel frequency and travel range. Generally speaking, if the frequency is higher, lighter and more portable tripod is needed. Carbon fiber tripod of about 1kg can meet the needs of rich scenes. Since the scene of travel changes quickly, the tripod is more convenient to unfold. Eccentric tube locking structure of the foot frame is the most rapid, can be expanded and locked at one time the whole foot tube. There is also a quarter ring screw type locking structure, only need to twist the lock sleeve a quarter ring to unlock and expand, also very fast demand. In addition, there are convenient storage factors, generally 30cm to 40cm storage length and support for folding function is more conducive to the convenience of putting into the backpack.

For friends who often take planes to shoot, it is more necessary to consider the convenience of tripod storage. Generally, the size of the luggage can be boarded is 20 feet, that is, 22*36*51cm, so if you want to put the tripod into it, it needs to be within 50cm storage length, and horizontally it needs to be within 35cm storage length. Some regional aircraft require a more strict size. Even a 20-foot suitcase cannot be boarded, so it needs to be put in the bag, and the length of the tripod storage is less than 40cm. And can't meet the standard need to check. It's worth noting that a few airlines are so strict about checking items on board that you can't even bring a tripod. Small tripods also need to be checked in, so check with your airline before you travel.