http://personal-view.com/talks/discussions/tagged/fancier/feed.rss Tue, 05 Nov 24 11:04:38 +0000 Tagged with fancier - Personal View Talks en-CA http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/292/fancier-fc-470-tripod Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:13:05 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 292@/talks/discussions Just initial observations.

Good quality and handy tripod. Not very cheap.
Legs. Better than EI717 legs.
Adjustable mid spreader and locks are more handy.
Legs have spikes and removable rubber boots.
Head. Very good.
Counterbalance is adjustable without steps, this is big plus.
But. Not really suitable in current state for small cameras.
As actual minimum of normally working counterbalance needs full rig with monitor, battery, counterweights, not small lens. :-)
Even then weight can be small. You need something around 3.5-4.5Kg at minimum CB adjustment.
Otherwise initial impressions are pretty ok. Drag adjustments work. Head do not have micro stucks with largest drag.


GH1 with Samyang 14mm looks small on this head.

I'll update this topic after testing it with full rig and 35mm Rokinon lens:



Links:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fancier-FC-470-Video-Camera-Tripod/dp/B004WJ9KPQ (they changed page recently depicting tripod now with 717 legs)
http://www.chinafancier.com/enproduct_largerimage.asp?id=1023&fl=267]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/449/interesting-stuff-weifeng-dslr-rig-parts Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:21:04 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 449@/talks/discussions
This is parts made by very large Chinese tripod manufacturer - Weifeng (they also use E-IMAGE and Fancier brands).
Hight quality stuff.


















You can make something like this:




Their catalog in PDF:

http://www.eimagevideo.com/PDF_download/MOKO-Support-Kit-2011.pdf]]>