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Manfrotto 709B Digi Table Top Tripod with Ball Head (Black) | List Price: $38.00
Discount Price: $31.73
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Brand: Bogen
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2006-04-14
Features: - Tiny table-top tripod perfect for point-and-shoot, compact SLR, and compact camcorder cameras
- Sets up in seconds to provide a stable shooting platform that can be used virtually anywhere, indoors or out
- Silky-smooth Manfrotto Mini Ball Head providing 360-degree pan and +-90-degree tilt
- Aluminum finish, 1/4-inch screw mount
- Fits in your pocket or in its own belt-loop carrying pouch (not included)
Quality piece of kit, great for travel [Posted on 2007-10-11]
As professional photographers have known for ages, using a tripod is one of the best (and incidentally cheaper) means of improving your pictures. This little Manfrotto tripod is so light that you can always pack it in your camera bag wherever you go. Due to its low height, it doesn't always give you the best perspective when you have to place it on the floor, but it will allow you to get some shots which would be impossible otherwise. I spent 3 weeks in Europe with my Pentax K100D, DA 16-45 f/4 lens, and one of these - and I am really happy that I bought it before I left. All in all, highly recommended accessory for all compact SLR and digicam users.
Good buy [Posted on 2008-03-17]
Very well made sturdy product, purchased it recently and have been using it ever since, my D70s and a 18-70mm or a 55-200mm lens is easily supported by this tripod. Very compact and can fit in the carrying case easily. The only problem is that it attaching and detaching it to the camera is not easy, wish they had something else instead of a screw attachment.
Costly but worth it [Posted on 2008-04-25]
This tripod is a bit pricey in my opinion. However, it is more than durable-very lightweight, a great convenient (very well made)tool. Great for use when you want to be in the picture and you are away from home (away from my tall Bogen tripod here). Worth it over time.
Very stable [Posted on 2008-06-15]
This tripod's broad base gives the setup a very low center of gravity - sturdy enough even for a Canon 20D with 70-300 IS lens mounted. I have to stabilize the setup in portrait orientation, but still - I don't know any other tripod of this class that could do it.
Sturdy and compact [Posted on 2008-06-22]
My quest for a highly compact tripod to use with my Canon Powershot G9 led me to this Manfrotto unit, which is actually quite sturdy given its size. True, the legs fold out only to one position, but that gives the unit its strength despite its small size. The single lock knob tightens both the tilt and rotation of the ball and socket head - not as flexible as separate controls but certainly leading to a more compact and still strong support.
I have owned the Leica compact legs and ball head for some 3 decades now - they're still available to day for somewhere in the neighborhood of $120 total - but on business trips find even it to be too large and cumbersome. So the combination of the G9 and this Manfrotto tripod is ideal. And don't think it's limited to work on table tops - I occasionally use it by bracing it against a convenient wall.
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