CF vs Aluminum, 4 vs 3 leg

[Drew Wiley]

Ooops ... my misunderstanding, Kirk. Don't think I've ever actually seen one of those - only in ads. The four leg formula
seems to work pretty well for horses.... but otherwise ...???

[Jeff Keller]

Thanks for the picture of the 4 legged tripod. For people who hang weight off from the center of the tripod (macro from a camera on a bar) there is probably slightly less tendency for the tripod to tip over. It seems like the extra leg would make it harder to get close so the advantage would be nil.

Jeff Keller

[Ari]

Dude.....4 legged not 4 sections.

like this Novaflex is what I am referring to:

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The OP might have said "4 vs 3 leg" by accident, when he really meant "4 vs 3 section".
The two tripods he was considering are both three legged, and he made no reference to any 4-legged tripod.

[Drew Wiley]

Oh garsh, now I am confused.... are we talking about a four-legged tripod with three sections per leg, or four sections; or a
three-legged tripod with three or four, or maybe a different number of sections per each leg (that would be versatile), or an inevitable five-legged tripod somebody will patent next year, or something like my backpacking buddy had last summer - a one-legged tripod plus two stumps with pine sticks duct-taped on ...?