Self Leveling Tripod Benro

[Tin Can]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benropolaris/benro-theta?ref=33dazv

I am not supporting this

But look at the $$$ so far

I only use levels in studio

and never ib field, as I THINK I can find my level better

[nolindan]

Good Gawd!

Updating P. T. Barnum for population growth the adage must now be: "There is a sucker born every 9 seconds." I think Kickstarter demonstrates this new statistic.

[Michael R]

As a company that has been around for 30 years, it is our hope that we can launch our new products (reduce our cost of capital) through a platform that allows us to better interact with (raise low/no cost funds from) our users.

[ericantonio]

i just tilt my head.

I saw this last week and I thought lordy, who would buy that?? I mean, the world is flat anyway, why use a level?

[Tin Can]

Obviously many, many want battery tripods

6 more days and usually a rush at EOT

[xkaes]

This is truly nuts. Even when the tripod isn't level -- and mine never is -- all you need to do is level the head with a visual bubble level (.99¢).

[Andrew O'Neill]

I want one that walks beside me...

[xkaes]

Now THAT I might pay for!!!

[Tin Can]

Invented long ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_(vehicle)



I want one that walks beside me...

[xkaes]

That won't work for me. In Colorado we have laws against littering.

[MarkCros15sman]

For me, the Benro Theta is a cool modular tripod with lots of great features. And it's worth the money. It's not a disposable tool. Buy it and enjoy it. All you have to do is use it with care.

[Tin Can]

I dislike anything that needs batteries

I need to buy another case of landfill

I do use DIGI

but my DR has none

Give us a complete review, including what happens when the batterers die

[nolindan]

... Benro Theta ... All you have to do is use it with care.

But we are talking tripods here. They don't get used with care - they get set up in the middle of rivers, on snow fields, in mud, set in the middle of the road and hit by a truck. They take tumbles down the side of a mountain. They get packed in luggage and 'inspected' and promptly dropped on concrete floors, head first.

I can't think of any photographic equipment that sees harder use.

And this thing is battery powered - hope it has a removable corrosion resistant battery box. It will see intermittent use, be put away with the batteries still in it and corrode in the cupboard for a season or a year.

[xkaes]

I dislike anything that needs batteries


Does that include your pacemaker? Just curious.

[MarkCros15sman]

But we are talking tripods here. They don't get used with care - they get set up in the middle of rivers, on snow fields, in mud, set in the middle of the road and hit by a truck. They take tumbles down the side of a mountain. They get packed in luggage and 'inspected' and promptly dropped on concrete floors, head first.

I can't think of any photographic equipment that sees harder use.

And this thing is battery powered - hope it has a removable corrosion resistant battery box. It will see intermittent use, be put away with the batteries still in it and corrode in the cupboard for a season or a year.

Maybe you're right. Everyone has different conditions for working with photographic equipment. But once upon a time, people used push-button mobile phones that could open beer and even crack a walnut (reliability). But now everyone has a smartphone in their pocket, which is scary to accidentally drop on the ground at least once (because it is very delicate and fragile), although reliable push-button phones are still sold in stores.

[warpath]

My iphone can open beer bottles :P