Originally Posted by
mdm
I have a Berlebach 4032 wooden tripod with ball and no centre post that I use with my 5x7 Nagaoka, it can easily handle more. I love it. Very fast to set up and because I use it without a head its actually reasonably light. After using a wooden tripod I will never go back to a normal tripod and head, they frustrated the hell out of me with all those twists that always get full of grit. I would highly recommend one with the built in ball, except maybe if i did it again i would get a 4032P which has a panning thing ontop of the ball, though I dont miss it except with a very heavy camera on there. they can be bought directly from the berlebach web site and they ship to New Zealand very reasonably and very quickly without incurring customs (in my case anyway) by DHL. The prices on the website include VAT which they will not charge. I know that local retailers are always very expensive and usually totally incompetent when it comes to anything out of the norm, so it was worth it for me. You should have seen me trying to buy an arca style quick release plate from photowarehouse, it took some work.
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