D255C4+BH-28L

Purchased this for an upcoming trip to Canada. It was pressed into duty for a close friend of my wife as I needed to be the photographer for her wedding and then off to Canada. Pros: Lightweight and comes with its own bag. One leg screws off and the main shaft screws on top to make a mono pod. The head is pretty sturdy and the ball allows for virtually unlimited adjustments. The bubble level is a plus. The legs "splay" out for great low level shooting. Used it with a Nikon Coolpix and it was very sturdy, in particular in the wind. It just needed to be oriented correctly. Adjusts easily. Camera can be used upside down as the main shaft comes out and can be inserted in an inverted manner. Cons: There are a lot of extensions on the legs, so be prepared. There are two height adjustments on the main shaft. One that is at the tripod, and the other is at the top of the shaft. Not a bad thing if you discover it...LOL... Not sure how much abuse this one will absorb so pack it carefully for a rugged trip or pack out. I packed mine in my hardside suitcase. IMHO, this one is a winner for the casual photographer.

I highly recommend this. great build quality! easy to used. Low and High height! great price! and very light to carry it around. I should of bought this sooner! Great on my Nikon Z7II

Great travel tripod. Lightweight, compact, portable, but not cheaper flimsy.

The build quality of this tripod is pretty good overall, especially for carbon fiber. The ball head and QR plate are solid. The tripod is super adjustable with some really great features. I love the compact design of it fully folded and it’s nice and light—really great for packing. The one negative for me was the fact it was a bit wobbly fully extended to its full height. I have a Canon 5D Mark III and when I had the center post all the way up and all of the legs fully extended, I found it was a bit wobbly and that’s just with a 40mm pancake lens and flash unit on the camera. The problem for me, as I saw it, were the final sections of the legs, which were also the thinnest sections. They tended to be slightly ’flexy’ with the center post all the way up. That concerns me when I will need to take full-length photos of some of the taller people I’ll need to photograph. At 60” (5 feet), the tripod feels good and stable; it’s that extra 7” extended that changes things. So many things to like about this tripod, but I don’t think I can use it for my regular work projects.

This tripod is much easier to carry, and is plenty rigid for my various cameras -- Fuji X-T5, Sony RX-10, etc. The Arca-Swiss mount is exactly what i need, plus I really like the carry bag. Good value, excellent build quality. Happy camper!

Had an event to go to and couldn't find my carbon tripod. So what does one do when they have Amazon Prime? Of course, nothing except shop for a replacement. I ordered this tripod and was good to go. It was of good quality, the right height (adjustable) and the legs sections were easy and smooth to move. The carrying bag kept it all together for carrying. I recommend this tripod.

Very lightweight and durable. Other tripods click when you adjust the legs. This one is super quiet.

2 tripods purchased - this at 2LBS 3.6OZ and another that weighed nearly 4LBS - and concluded that 4LBS is not suitable for long hikes. At 61" it is about as high as can be viewed standing, but with the low end at about 13" (& then add camera height) there are likely situations where I'd like to go lower - some of the best landscape framings are closer to the ground. Reversing the center post would allow it to go lower but shooting with the camera upside down is not for me. If K&F were to provide an ca.5" accessory center post this would solve the problem - as far as I can find there are no 3rd party post extensions of 23mm diameter that could be cut to size. I can't speak to how long it will last but the quality seems excellent and exceeded my expectations, maybe better than my larger Manfrotto and similar to my max size Gitzo. And fwiw it's a cute tripod. When stability is an issue I tether small tripods from the center hook with a 7" three blade aluminum tent peg + guy string and synch it tight. Regarding the ball head - for me more cons than pros. It is very light and can easily hold steady my 3-4LB camera+lens combinations. However, the arca plate clamp section is made of a plastic resin, looks like two halves glued together - in contrast the excellent lightweight plate that attaches to the camera is made of metal (CNC cut aluminum?). The chief issue here is that one side of the actual clamp is in the form of a bridge, it is not solid. My concern is that a break here might be catastrophic for the camera or lens. Not likely to happen if you're careful, but stuff happens in real life and for me that's maybe too many $ riding on that resin bridge. A second issue is that the housing and screw that connects the clamp to the ball is slightly raised, probably to provide extra strength because metal clamps generally have the screw recessed. This extra height bumps into both my longer plates that slide along the clamp (mine are 85mm and 100mm long) and prevents being able to use their full length to set the camera+lens center of gravity over the center of the ball head. Because I like the tripod (and it may be unique for its height/weight combination), I looked for a replacement ball head. Two look promising: the $49 Sunwayfoto and the $40 K&F. The former was recommended on the phillipreeve landscape website. This head is all metal (only a couple ounces heavier) and has the advantage that by partially synching the ball you can smoothly position the camera without having to support its weight. But I find the knobs are not as easy to use as those on the original K&F ball head. I haven't yet checked out the $40 K&F, but it looks promising and has the better ball synching knob. Update September 4th: The weights of the 3 ball heads are: original K&F 5OZ, $49 Sunwayfoto 7.3OZ, $40 K&F 7.8OZ. Comparing the two expensive heads. They have a similar load rating. I prefer the more CNC production of the $49 versus the Magnesium + something alloy of the $40 which is cast and has bits glued - I think the $49 will last longer. The knobs on the $40 K&F are better than its $49 rival, but strangely enough I still like the knobs of the original K&F best. Note that the Magnesium is softer than the CNC and I scratched the base just attaching it to one of my tripods, so I won't be able to take advantage of the free returns. It's decent enough so I'll use it on one of my other tripods. The $40 comes with an arca plate, the $49 does not, but again I prefer the original arca plate included with the K&F tripod - it's a bit lighter and the screw can move for positioning ($40 is fixed) and the shape is more standard, the $40 plate being narrower and pointlessly (imo) a bit longer. A final point on the shapes of the arca plate clamps - the Sunway is your standard rectangular clamp which per ounce of clamp weight seems to maximize the amount of contact along the edges of the inserted plate. In contrast K&F has opted for a triangular (original) or circular ($40) clamp. In summary, I prefer the the knobs and ergonomics of the included K&F compared to both the more expensive add on plates, but do not like its resin plate holder. A lightweight CNC rectangular plate holder would solve this but the $49 ball head, though pricey, gives added security with a weight penalty of only a couple of ounces.