Quote Originally Posted by reddesert View Post
Manfrotto still makes big tripods, B&H has them in the pro video section.

I have a 3021, it's perfectly serviceable, but it isn't super light. The leg set is almost 6 pounds. Weigh your mondo tripod to see how much you might save. Big old aluminum tripods and pan heads are not particularly fashionable, so if you are patient and can wait for a used one to turn up, you can get bargains (I mean bargain in the sense of use-value per $).
How strange... Many of them even have Large Format in their description. I even found my old 'quick release legs' model. Must be an oversight on the side of B&H. Probably not a lot of LF people buying legs like these.