Another plea for a cheap and good tripod

[chopper]

Sorry I did not jump on that one that was recommended before. Are there any current auctions or sales the experts here would consider both cheap and good?

[mattkime]

what do you consider cheap?

[DRR]

How cheap? I think $100 or so is the "cheapest" i could recommend.

[chopper]

Was hoping for less than or around $100 with ballhead thingie.

[wowzer]

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

[Grateful11]

I have a Dolica and it's fine for what I do with it. I probably use it a dozen times in a year.

http://www.amazon.com/Dolica-AX620B100-6...tm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

[Ken Sp.]

This one goes on sale every couple weeks for $79-$99
http://www.frys.com/product/7409375?site...IN_RSLT_PG

[Buzz]

As Ken Sp. notes, Fry's has Vanguards on sale every couple of weeks, and they seem to rotate the various Alta Pro's and Alta Plus'es w/ ball or pan heads. Every couple of months they seem to have a deal on a carbon fiber model. When caught on sale, they're a very good value.

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[pipiens]

Cheap, light, stable you can pick any two.

You can get a surveyor's tripod for about $50. It will be stable and heavy. You will need to add the head of your choice.

[kahuna1342]

Here is a Dolica carbon fiber at Costco that looks pretty decent.

Dolica Tripod