01-11-2013, 02:19 PM
In my experience, there is either good or cheap. What is your intended application?
If you want something in your price range, consider getting an aluminum tripod with a built-in 3 way tilt pan head. There will be some vibration (versus bigger carbon fiber tripods), but it should do the trick. The cheaper carbon fiber tripods are very light--so only useful if you want to back-pack and don't care about vibration/stability too much. Of course, any tripod is more stable and hand-holding...which applies to the $20-$30 tripods.
Here are some tripods on a quick search through Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?keywor...+manfrotto&qid=1357913786&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A502394%2Cn%3A499306%2Cn%3A499310%2Ck%3Acarbon+fiber+tripod+manfrotto&sort=price
If you want something in your price range, consider getting an aluminum tripod with a built-in 3 way tilt pan head. There will be some vibration (versus bigger carbon fiber tripods), but it should do the trick. The cheaper carbon fiber tripods are very light--so only useful if you want to back-pack and don't care about vibration/stability too much. Of course, any tripod is more stable and hand-holding...which applies to the $20-$30 tripods.
Here are some tripods on a quick search through Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?keywor...+manfrotto&qid=1357913786&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A502394%2Cn%3A499306%2Cn%3A499310%2Ck%3Acarbon+fiber+tripod+manfrotto&sort=price