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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Lowepro Flipside Trek BP 450 AW Pros: Lowepro quality, and that says it all. Lightweight, safe, very convenient to access the material without having to remove it but only by removing an arm and turning it in front. Cons: Cost, space for non-photographic material very small. Opinion: Definitely expensive, the space for photographic material is abundant, even putting the camera (5D3 / 5D4) with 70-200 f2.8 mounted (inverted hood) there are comfortably two other optics, I used it precisely with 5D, 70-200 and 24-105 / 24-70 and 16-35 f4 and a little' of various ciappini. The lumbar belt, although small, is functional and allows you to unload all the weight on the hips, leaving the shoulder straps unloaded and safeguarding shoulders and back. In situations of great confusion, such as the Venice carnival, the opening towards the back makes it a safe backpack. sent on November 22, 2022 |
 | Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Pros: Very good focal length range for an APS-C (sure, starting from 15mm ... Dreaming can you right?), light, compact, with a reasonable yield. Cons: Both new and used still costs a lot, but with a single lens you do a bit of everything. Opinion: I received it after returning the first version, the one marked simply "IS" and received from a seller who didn't even know what he was selling: this is another world. This model has autofocus, and the MAF is fast and silent even if sometimes it sticks a little and you have to press the shutter button two or three times to get the focus (it happened to me photographing a rapeseed field moved by the wind). It's dark, unfortunately it starts from 18mm and not 15mm, it's a bit plastic, but it still has a very useful range on APS-C, and allows you to do almost everything with a single lens. Accustomed to the FF with L-optics, the difference can be seen in everything, but this, together with the 50D, will allow me to go MTB (in his padded bag), and take home photos even on these occasions. Edit after the first close-up session with the 50D: used to doing close-up with either the Canon 100L or the Canon 28-300L, the difference in use is "remarkable". When the subject is at the limit of the minimum distance of MAF and there is a little air to move the flowers, the AF is no longer effective: it often sticks and cannot focus, and you have to try several times. The only one is to move away about ten cm and then it starts working well again. This could also depend on the AF module of the 50D, but when I wrote it was the only APS-C I owned. Edit after taking an 80D instead of the 50D: AF much faster and more accurate, even in close-up. The uncertainties seen with the 50D disappear with subjects at normal distances, and are greatly reduced in close-up, it is possible that the remaining hesitations depend on subjects below the minimum distance of MAF (I have not measured with the meter). sent on April 30, 2023 |
 | Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Pros: Used is located little Cons: Indecent AF Opinion: I bought on eBay an 18-135 IS USM for my "battle" 50D, and instead the seller sent me this crap. Before returning it to him I tried it a bit, and, even in the face of a strong discount (at the end I would have paid 110 Euro including shipping), I preferred to get rid of it as soon as possible. The yield is not as bad as I was described, but the AF is IN-DE-CEN-TE. It's really a pitiful thing: he often didn't focus on subjects still in bright light, forcing me to make several attempts. To be avoided like the plague. sent on April 30, 2022 |
 | Gitzo Traveler GT 1544 T Pros: Small and light when closed, but big enough when open. Cons: To be small and light when closed the last section of the legs really has a small diameter. Obviously the cost (although I took it used). Opinion: Gitzo is Gitzo: top products, with top costs. Those who can't understand these costs have probably never experienced one. That said, the 1544T is the usual gem, small and light but at the same time stable. A tripod that is quietly inside a trolley, which with folded legs embraces the head, clutters little and weighs little. Another advantage of top products, if something breaks just pay and there are spare parts. sent on January 31, 2022 |
 | Gitzo Traveler GK 1580 TQD4 Pros: Small, light, rigid: a jewel. It is everywhere and weighs nothing. Cons: New costs a madness, and generally used still remains expensive. Gitzo insists on following its standard for clamps and plates, fortunately the huge clamp of this model blocks both the Gitzo and Arca Swiss owned plates, but at the price of a gigantic clamp. Opinion: I bought this used kit, and defective: you can not replace the head, which is the weak point of the kit. Past Christmas I will send it to assistance to have it repaired, then I will replace the head with the Benro B1 that I have or with the Feisol CB40, much better and dedicated to the Arca Swiss standard. Obviously being a top product even the repair will cost a bang. I will update after repair. sent on November 26, 2021 |
 | Gitzo GH1781TQD Pros: Small and lightweight, it blocks both Gitzo proprietary plates and standard Arca Swiss plates. Cons: The clamp block is not this great wonder, and the scope as well ... It is good for pairing camera + lens that is quite light or well centered. Opinion: For those like me who use a large and heavy SLR and FF optics I do not recommend it, it holds up in many situations but not in all, especially if the weight "strains" for example with reflex + 24-70 f2.8. As absurd as it may seem, the cheap Benro B1 holds up better, and the Feisol CB40 does the same. Since I use it on a lightweight tripod to hold reflective panels, its work does, but I'm dissatisfied with it. sent on November 26, 2021 |
 | Gitzo Mountaineer GT 3542 Pros: Solid as a rock. It is such a jewel that it is even pleasant to use it. Cons: Technically, no one. On a economic level yes, the price of these jewels is high, but the difference for example with a Manfrotto 055 (however not given) there is all, and the quality you pay. Opinion: I had a lot of tripods, and for two years I had a GT3532, three sections. This four-section GT3542 is equally well-crafted (top), equally stable and solid, adopts all the same solutions, but thanks to the four sections it is only 54 cm from closed, and for me those 10 cm are worth a lot. Disassembled the head, with 54 cm in length can also enter a not huge trolley. sent on January 18, 2020 |
 | Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Pros: Sharp, instantaneous AF, stabilized. Cons: In the package there is no ring for the tripod, and to buy the original is to be fadied: for a piece of aluminium of the real value of 2-3 Euro Canon makes us the usual figure of M... As with the lens hoods not "L". Shame. Opinion: I come from years of use of the excellent 100 Macro USM, this seemed to me better right from the start, if not for the surrender that I still can not evaluate, for the undeniable comfort of the IS. For now I have only tried a half hour free hand, I will use it heavily later but it has already fully convinced me. sent on December 01, 2018 |
 | Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art Pros: Definitely impeccable construction, it seems to be able to use it to plant nails. Sharp, it holds well the flare even with the sun in the frame, I have to see how it is with the lampposts and lights in the night. Cons: Heavy, the protruding front lens puts me a (nice) bit of anxiety: I'm afraid to Rigarla. The first test provided less than a km walk, camera and 12-24 around the neck, well, you hear. It's not cheap, but it still costs half the Canon 11-24, really overpriced. Opinion: Arrived a few days ago, I could prove it a little ' only today: 12mm are really immense, there are even too many things. Large, heavy, optimally built, the front lens is a little scary (afraid of Rigarla, so that just does not snap horsemanship his "peck"). I put the sun in the frame several times: no flare. Looking at the pictures on the PC seems very clear. Difficult to use, in the frame enters everything, and you have to learn to manage the distortion of objects on the margins, which at the moment I do not know. sent on December 01, 2018 |
 | Irix 11mm f/4.0 Pros: (Blackstone version): well built, all metal, the whole world enters it. The Firefly version then weighs a little less. Cons: Heavy (all metal), fixed lampshed and no way to mount screw filters, and mounting slab filters costs more than the lens itself. Opinion: I took it used, with Nikon bayonet despite using Canon because I thought "so much with an adapter I solve and then an 11mm has all the depth of field in the world". Also to have it with Canon bayonet I would have to buy it again and it cost a lot more. It's actually not that easy to use with the adapter, but this is not Irix's fault but my ignorance of the matter. I took it for the times that canon 16-35 is not enough, I had it in the four days in Venice or in the three days in the castles of the duchy of Parma and Piacenza. Heavily vignette, it is sharp in the center and loses sharpness going towards the edges and corners. It does not mount screw filters, and to use slab filters you have to prepare for a bloodletting: over 400 dollars for the holder and over 500 dollars for A GND8 slab ... I don't think I'm going to buy either holder or slabs. It mounts very cheap 30mm rear slab filters, on the site they cost 10 Euros, but of course they are only ND. Personally I consider it a nice toy, but, accustomed to zooming, sooner or later I will have to replace it with the Sigma 12-24 Art (canon 11-24 costs too much). Update of 2019: I took the Sigma 12-24 Art ... the weight is even greater, but the yield is a whole different story. sent on July 14, 2018 |
 | Gitzo GH3780QR Pros: Rocky, carries an immense load. Ingenious operation of the clamp, with adjustable lever. Too bad it's light years away from the Arca Swiss standard. Cons: Big and heavy. I bought it used and the tightening was very hard, I had to do maintenance and now it is as fluid as it should. It is not ARCA Swiss, it needs an adaptor to use it with the ARCA Swiss plates and with the ARCA Swiss L-bracket, but even so the solution reveals a lock: with some plates not greenhouse well, with others it is necessary to remove the end stops , making it dangerous to use... unworkable solution. I solved by screwing a Arca Swiss screw clamp on the gitzo plate very firmly. Possible that to use decently a very expensive head is necessary to resort to these tricks? 4 Less less to the engineers who believe themselves smarter than the others and invent their own standards instead of adhering to the world standards and prove to be emertes imbeciles. Opinion: Shock: This head (I do not know the other Gitzo) is not Arca Swiss... what a bad thing, I already bought an adapter but it was a real shock, also because the adapter is useless and I had to invent a trick to use it with the Arca Swiss plates (see the cons). For the rest, now that I have done maintenance and has become fluid, I can only speak well of this head, when it is tight is really rocky, together with the Gitzo 3532 is a very solid set. Rivals in solidity with the Manfrotto 468. sent on May 05, 2018 |
 | Gitzo Mountaineer GT 3532 Pros: Solid as a rock Cons: Long when closed, 64 cm x almost 2 kg, are not few, carry it around is not trivial. Price (normally) obscene. Opinion: My first Gitzo, purchased used. Compared with the other tripods that I had the difference is remarkable: very very solid, the build quality is top notch. I thought my Feisol 3442 was very good, but now I have redefined the concept of "great". True that the Feisol weighs 1050 grams and this weighs 1880 grams, 8 ounces of difference, but there is no difference in build quality, for example in the flip legs, in the "game" (absent). sent on April 25, 2018 |
 | Joby GorillaPod Focus Pros: Small, light, very versatile, boarded in the cabin without fuss. Cons: Nobody Opinion: Very good "toy": I first had a Chinese copy of cheap, I left it to a friend, now I have the focus with its head, it's quite another thing. It is not cheap, but very versatile and transportable, so it is worth the price. I used it with 5D3 + 16-35 f4 is/24-105 F4 is, but even with the 70-200 F 2.8 is II, and also held with the latter. N.B.: Allows you to bring a tripod replacement even in the cabin on low-cost flights. sent on September 21, 2017 |
 | Manfrotto 405 Pros: Robustness, range and great precision. Cons: Very important weight and size, price list decidedly high, cumbersome to use but I already knew it. Opinion: I was looking for a 410 used to do close up and I never found it at a decent price, I found this at a price and made it my own, I am absolutely satisfied. It holds even the 70-200 duplicate without the slightest problem, I suppose it can hold even a 500 f4 without problems, but I don't have it and I can't try it. The only mole, the umpteenth proprietary Manfrotto plate, to bring it to the Arca Swiss standard I screwed them over a 7 Euro compatible clamp. Update 07/06/2018: I purchased an iShoot millimeter sled (52 Euros shipping included), obviously to make macros, I removed the compatible clamp from the plate and screwed them directly over the sled, so I use the 405 only for macros and close ups. Update 2020: I purchased a second sled, a used RRS that I mounted cross over the iShoot to have the back-to-back and left-right movements. The RRS has a lever clamp, requires more attention (the lever may release if something becomes entangled) but allows you to change the camera (with mounted L-bracket) from horizontal to vertical in an instant. sent on July 21, 2017 |
 | Manfrotto 055 X PROB Pros: Really solid and stable, holding around (even 1D4 500 + F4), cheap for what it offers. Cons: Huge closed, and heavy, is easily scratched, only two legs have the rubber cover, metal feet are lacking, lacking a shred of carrying bag (and the original Manfrotto costs a lot '). Opinion: And 'my tripod normal use, when there are neither means nor air travel long treks, otherwise the weight and bulk to make sentire.rnRegge quietly Canon 1D4 + F4 Canon 500 IS, and not bat an eyelid (with adequate head) .rnrnPer my normal use (F2.8 70-200, 24-105, 17-40, 28-300, 100 macro) is even sovradimensionato.rn sent on May 20, 2015 |
 | Canon EF 35-350mm f/3.5-5.6L USM Pros: Very versatile (more to FF for APS-C, where 35mm are often too long), lighter successor 28-300.Buon AF, for a hike 10x still a quality goal. Cons: Lacks stabilization, minimum focusing distance much greater than the 28-300. Opinion: I bought this lens used in the store in July 2004 and used it until the end of 2008. It was my first lens "EOS", and was the only one to two years of Canon D60, giving me a lot of satisfaction. Later I replaced it with the 28-300 I still and is more versatile (28 instead of 35, IS, minimum MAF fixed 67cm). rnLo still recommend to FF, although the absence of IS is felt: 350mm stabilizer becomes essential as soon as the light falls. sent on January 25, 2015 |
 | Canon D60 Pros: Surely indestructible works since 2002 and continues to do foto.rnDigerisce even old handyman economic and continues to churn out good photos. Cons: Oh well, poor thing, is the 2002 ... resolution, noise, three (3) AF points, the total absence of any electronic gadget ... Opinion: I purchased this camera, used, in September 2004, at the time of the 10D, but it cost troppo.rnL'ho purchased via eBay in the US, winning the auction for 708 Euro.rnL'ho used until April 2008 as a single camera , with a Canon 35-350 and a Sigma 15-30. rnQuando I switched to Canon 40D has used my mother for his trips, first with a Tamron 18-250 and then with a Tamton 18-270 VC.rnAdesso I donated, along with a Tamron 18-200, to my former continuing to use it. sent on January 25, 2015 |
 | Benro B1 Pros: Small and lightweight, standard Arca Swiss, closes screw and plates also accepts economic bought on eBay. Cons: I have not encountered. Opinion: Along with the A2690 Benro tripod is the "traveling". Together they carry easily (41cm and less than 2 kg) and shall enter into any trolley, not weigh crabs (the other one I have is coupled Manfrotto 055XPROB + Manfrotto 468 MG ... Two boulders). I found the combination used for 140 Euro in sight of a weekend in Prague ... money well spent. I used it with a Canon 40D + Canon 70-200 2.8 for night shots and I have not encountered any problems. sent on August 20, 2014 |
 | Benro A2690TBH1 Pros: Small and large closed to open. Good load capacity and stability. Cons: The blocks twist of the sections are not comfortable, you need to twist and turn to bloccarli.Questo makes it slower than the Manfrotto flip locks. Opinion: I have this tripod but with head B1. Well finished, it is in any trolley, carrying it around without breaking your back, dimensions are minimal. Great for travel. It comes with its bag (not excellent, but in the meantime there). The clamp of B1 was supplied with the attachment screw with the camera to be tightened with an Allen key (supplied) ... the amount of discomfort: I purchased for a few dollars Uinaschlucht series of plates can be fastened either directly (with a lever that comes from the head of the screw) that with a coin, and comfort is improved. sent on August 19, 2014 |
 | Manfrotto 468 RC2 Pros: Rocky clamp, very comfortable, minimal "play" at the clamping Cons: High cost, proprietary clamp Manfrotto RC2 is not stable. Opinion: The best head I had: at the moment of tightening the displacement is minimal. Holds a series 1 with the 500 f4.rnNote negative is the Manfrotto clamp, completely unstable: I replaced it with a Swiss-compatible Arca clamp and now the head is just another thing. I can also use it for close up without damaging it when the lock. On August 20, 2017, I bought a tripod Feisol CT 3442 to use it with this head and Manfrotto 405.rnThe Feisol has its folded legs, like the Benro Travel Angel ... with 468 legs can not be overturned, it's too big.rnOnly you can not overturn your legs even with the 405, but with this, which is monumental, I already knew it, but with the 468 it was a Big disappointment, because so the 48cm tripod becomes 57cm. sent on August 19, 2014 |
 | Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM Pros: Extremely versatile, very good yield for a 11x, The high-end construction. Cons: Expensive, heavy, cumbersome: when is a 300mm is monumental and very unbalanced in avanti.rnNon pass unnoticed. Opinion: Among the various superzoom that I tried was definitely the best, you can do it all with a single lens going from 28 to 300 in an instant. Zooming pump can like it or not, with a similar excursion I find adeguato.rnAiutato from a minimum distance of 67cm MAF is not a macro, but close up you fanno.rnL'IS is very effective: two stops there are always , and often three, resting and taking carefully, allows unimaginable results (occasionally I reached the five-stop, but it's a case) I used rnrnLo of 40D, and lacked the wide-angle, on FF would certainly be more equilibrato.rnLa photo quality is very good: I worry a little bit 'of distorsione.rnrnAggiornamento to FF: rnAdesso use it on 5D2: appearance is a strong chromatic aberration in the strong light transitions / ombra.rnDPP removes it in a single click, but there is. sent on October 12, 2011 |
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