SmallRig Carbon Fiber Tripod AP-10

I used my SmallRig Carbon Fiber AP-10 today for shooting with the Reflex-Nikkor 500mm f8 N

 

I’m a pretty big fan of tripods. However, they are a bit of a hassle. My favorites are old school aluminum tripods like my Tiltall which use mostly at home or for family photo shoots in the wild. The SmallRig Carbon Fiber AP-10 is nice, lightweight and easy to carry. I can stuff it in my water bottle holder of my backpack or leave it partially extended and carry it over my shoulder or even in hand. I use it for my Mamiya 645 1000s leaving the last section of the sticks not deployed to give me the waist level height I want.

It can be converted to a monopod but I haven’t done that yet. If I need a monopod, I use my Tiltall. I’ll check it out tomorrow and include it here if that is an option I will use in the future.

I’ve used the SmallRig on some hike in projects like the trek to the Mother of Game petroglyph panel. It’s super light and as far as photography equipment goes, the weight of it is worth its attributes to carry it in.

On any account, it was time that I give it some press as I am using it more and more. It’s the first tripod that I’m using with the Arcus style adapter plate. I need to source an additional one as sometimes I use two cameras in the field and I do not like screwing around moving the plate to each camera. I contacted SmallRig and they said it wasn’t something they could sell me separately because off the inexpensiveness but the tariffs making it too expensive to ship. They indicated that I should just source a Arcus style plate locally.

SmallRig Carbon Fiber Tripod AP-10

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KJ7UCP My Ham Radio Web Site

I am a licensed radio operator and I used to bounce radio waves through the ISS to talk to others far away on the globe. I used different tripods for my antennas usually sourcing them through the auction sites on the internet. Unrelated to my usage of the carbon fiber SmallRig but just for fun is my ham radio site. I no longer maintain yet my love of old aluminum tripods pods is reflected there…