Tripod System for EX1

[Craig Seeman]

Sachtler FSB6 head with their Carbon Fiber Quick Lock legs. It was somewhere around $1600 though. You don’t want to cut too many corners with a tripod. There’s nothing like a bad pan and tilt an fighting balance to make something look amateur.

[Olof Ekbergh]

The Miller Solo tripods and heads are great and fit that price, but the Carbon fiber legs are really good.

I have 2 of these and love them

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/293493-REG/Miller_1511_SOLO_DV10_Carbon_Fiber.html

Olof Ekbergh

[Will Griffith]

My buddy is selling his Sachtler DV6 SB, it balances the EX3 great, so I’m sure the EX1 would be fine.
It is in excellent shape.

https://cgi.ebay.com/Sachtler-DV6-SB_W0QQitemZ190324572241QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c503a8051&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1182

[Dean Burman]

Manfrotto 503/525 tripod kit is pretty cool…

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/493691-REG/Manfrotto_by_Bogen_Imaging_503HDV_525PKIT_BO525MVB503K_Video_Tripod_System.html

Dean

[Clint Fleckenstein]

“Sachtler FSB6 head with their Carbon Fiber Quick Lock legs. “

Amen to that. We absolutely LOVE this tripod with our EX1. I’m about to order a second one for our EX3.

Cf

[Matt Sturns]

The FSB6 is a great tripod, use it with the EX3. Kinda a side question the legs don’t go nearly high enough, do I need to buy new legs? How do people get their tripods higher than the low 5 feet?

[Chris Eller]

I’ll second the Manfrotto head/legs kit that B&H offers. We got the 526 head and 545BK sticks with bag kit here:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/589954-REG/Manfrotto_by_Bogen_Imaging_526_545BK_526_545BK_Professional_Video_Tripod.html

We use it with a pair of EX3 cameras on a slide bar for Stereoscopic video:

https://www.avl.iu.edu/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3463

It’s served us pretty well thus far.

—
Chris Eller
* Advanced Visualization Lab – Indiana University
* Chris Eller Photography, LLC
* Starrynight Productions, Inc.

[William Mims]

B&H Video,of NY, has a Cartoni HiDV Fluid Head ($ 749).
Let me just say this, get the Cartoni. Hands down, the sweetest fluid head I have ever used. You will not regret it. 75mm bowl, I got a nice tripod for under $ 250. The Cartoni handles my EX3 with extra stuff on it just fine, it’s velvet smooth and has some nice lock down features and you can tilt it +90 degrees.
A tripod/fluid head is not the place to cut corners. At one time or another I have used them all, Sachs, O’Connors, Vinten, etc. This Cartoni is the best I have used.

Mims