78"/2m Overhead Aluminum DSLR Tripod Compact Portable Vlog Tripod Monopod 22lbs/10kg Load, K234A7+BH-28L (S210)

SKU: KF09.087

  • 79.99
Overall Rating 4.8   146
Reviews
5
Has everything including satisfaction.
Review of the K&F Concept KF-28 Tripod.This is my third tripod. Ignoring my first, my previous one was a Giotto MH5011. My first thoughts were less weight in the KF-28 was welcome. My present SLR camera is close to a whopping 1.6kg weight, lens and all, so I am mindful of my overall kit weight. That being noted, my camera is old stock and newer cameras will have a different feel on this rig.The packaging was excellent and the mini-case welcome – I had to buy my previous case separately at some cost. Very pleasant to have the full kit to go, backstrap and handles too. Well done K&F.I liked the black with red flashes design and was pleased to see the bottom hook for stabilizing. I use mine to keep stuff off the ground, or within my workspace in public areas. Just me? The legs handle well and intuitively. Not being one to read manuals (even though this one comes with 4-sided A5 leaflet in English) I twisted and turned knobs until I understood what they did. My only reference need was the base column lock.This is the first ball rig I’ve had hands on. I was looking forward to the angles. My camera was too weighty for my Giotto to handle 90o tilt, or any tilt much. The KF-28, at first, seemed no better. Perhaps my girly hands or just overcaution but I wasn’t tightening the knobs and screws sufficiently. I had to resort to screwing the baseplate to my (hefty) camera with a coin but it all came together in the end. I wouldn’t like to be doing all that on a shoot at night though. Advance learn the equipment, people. At max height it will fill a door frame and in extreme it seems more delicate than it probably is. It will also meet tabletop requirements but as an eye-line type photographer that’s fine with me.At less than half the price of my Giotto, and that was 10 years ago money, I would have welcomed this tripod back then over other name brands. I have a feeling we are going to be good friends for a long time.
10/09/2022