COMAN 73" Camera Tripod with Fluid Head & Leveling Bowl, 22lb Payload, Portable Aluminium 2-in-1 Tripod Monopod, Quick Release Plate, for Canon Nikon Sony DJI DSLR Camera, Black (FF06S)

I'm not a pro, but I've started shooting short marketing videos for work recently, so I needed something to hold up a Canon EOS M50, a teleprompter sometimes, and whatever else. This tripod does the trick on a budget. The pan&tilt action is very smooth and professional-feeling, and the arm is nice and long with a good grip on it. The build quality seems sturdy enough for my needs - it mostly stays set up in my home office with some occasional travel. As others have said it's not the lightest unit in the world, but it does fold down and fit into its carry case fairly easily. The QR mounting plate is 50mm wide, so it's compatible with the Manfrotto 500 series. I was able to buy a generic replacement plate to permanently mount my teleprompter to. I do have a couple of minor complaints that may or may not affect its usefulness to you. First, the bubble level is in a position where you can't look straight down onto it. So I'm not always sure if I've leveled the tripod properly. Second, the monopod feature seems kind of useless. You have to remove the entire center column, including the bulky pan/tilt head, and mount it on one of the legs. This makes for quite a heavy monopod, which isn't useful to me - though it could be for others I guess. The instructions also weren't clear on how to do all of that - I kept trying to remove the head just below the ball joint, but you need to remove the small cap with the hook on it at the bottom of the adjustable column, then pull that up and out of the vertical adjustment clutch. That part then attaches to the one removable leg of the tripod. Anyway. A minor point on an otherwise good product.

I'm a wedding filmmaker who prefers shooting hand held or on a gimbal, but I was starting to find myself in absolute pain at the end of the wedding days. I decided to start shooting ceremonies on a monopod, but I was tired of my cheap $40 plastic one and looking to upgrade. This one caught my eye, and I'm so glad it did. The build is sturdy and well made, the conversion from tripod to monopod is super useful (although I will note, not quick). The head is pretty good, with smooth motion and springs that always push it back to center when loose. Overall, it is way cheaper than competitors while having all the features I'm looking for.

I was in between this one or a more expensive Manfrotto. I was sold on this one because of the cheaper price and it converts into a monopod. This tripod is very good quality! Its mostly metal except for the notches, which are hard quality plastic. Its very sturdy and the fluid head gives smooth, nice pans and and tilts. Works great with my GH5. I definitely recommend it over spending extra for a name. My only issues are: -Its light enough to be portable but a little to heavy and bulky to carry with your backpack. (It comes with a VERY nice carrying bag made with thick, quality material). I'd say about 50% of the weight is from the fluid head. Its very big and bulky. I would just use the bag it comes with instead of trying to carry it with a camera bag/backpack. -As you can see in the video, the handle that I got is a little lose and turns. Something I may be able to fix. -The rubber ends on the legs are cool because they are flexible. But I think over time, these can become lose and pop off to be lost. If this happens, the tripod will be unusable. It would be a nice touch if it came with replacements. -The thing I was most sold on was the monopod. But it doesn't come with the legs for it. The ad says sold separately, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Seems like Coman stopped selling it on its own. This is a big necessity. I'm gonna have to find a 3rd party stand that hopefully fits. 4.5/5 stars

This is a really smooth tripod. Get this for video, go for something else for photography. This tripod appears to be about as solid as a Manfrotto, without the name and possibly without the same level of quality control. I unboxed mine, let it get to room temp and then tested out each feature. I used blue Locktite on any threaded connection I want to remain in place. Then I placed my camera rig on it and tested its motion. My rig has a little too much weight towards the top for the self return property of the vertical pan, but thats okay. Most panning is along the horizontal plane anyways. I can tell the first parts to break eventually are the locks for adjusting and hold the leg position. They are plastic when Manfrotto uses powdered sintered metal, which is really only one step up, machined aluminum is stronger. If you get the same product I got, you will be very happy with it!

This tripod is amazing for this price! I am a professional wedding videographer with 20 years of shooting and although this is not the best tripod I ever had it is a solid second. It is light, sturdy and the fluid head is absolutely smooth. Unlike some said here you can use a 501 plate and it works fine. You just have to drop it in and not slide it in. I was so impressed with this tripod that I bought 2 of them. If you are looking for an affordable great tripod this is the one.

This tripod is: Sturdy - rock solid Easy to setup Comes with a large ARCA plate Suitable for camera and video It packs nicely in a solid travel bag. Excellent build quality and ease of use. Recommended!

This is a nice tripod. It took a little while for me to get used to it. The locks work a little differently than what I was used to. Also, simple things like how the legs go upward to fit it back in the case was weird at first. Considered sending it back when I first got it, but I love it now. Description says it's a fluid head. It's definitely not like the super expensive fluid head model tripods but it gets the job done. I would purchase it again.

This tripod works great if you have a standard-size digital or film or video camera. No problem whatsoever with my Nikon gear. I primarily shoot micro four-thirds format, and that smaller size makes the tripod more of a chore to use. Firstly, with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, or similar size, and a tele like the Olympus 75-300 mm, the gap between the top of the mounting plate and the bottom of the lens disappears. So, bring the plate all the way back (towards you), and still the lens rubs against the plate. Now, Corman has some screws and strange pieces of aluminum that you can remove from the bottom of the plate. This fixes the problem (don't lose these parts, you may want them for another type of camera). With the original plate screws installed, you also can't shoot 90 degrees up (see pic). With them removed, you can (also see pic). The video head has nice damping (see short video), and the pan/tilt also works smoothly (see 2nd short video - oops - Amazon allows only one video upload, so you can't see that - sorry!). The pic immediately after the short video shows the Nikon with zoom with plenty of gap between the lens and mounting plate, so you can easily focus manually or zoom. The pic after that shows the Olympus with no gap, so you cannot zoom or manually focus, until you remove the screws from the bottom of the plate. Other nice things about this tripod: it has thick legs with easily adjustable height. You can change the foot angle by pulling out the leg with the Corman logo on it. I've used the tripod for a few months now and it is sturdy and easily pan/tilts and adjusts to whatever angle you want. However, I cannot get it back into the case it came with. I have removed the center leg and the counter-weight holder and the pan/tilt arm but it still will not fit. I have reversed the orientation of the tripod so it is set up to shoot the ground. I called Amazon support and they finally found an unboxing video on Youtube that I thought would work. If you can unbox something, just reverse the procedure and you can box it, right? Obviously I am missing a step. The instruction sheet that comes with the tripod does not show what the tripod looks like inside of its case, nor does the Corman product sheet. It must be so obviously trivial that no one before me has run into this problem. So, as long as you are not me, this is a great tripod. For me, there must be a solution that I still haven't found.

Este es mi nuevo tripié favorito, antes solía usar un tripié súper pesado y difícil de mover para mis rolas fluidas, pero este hace el trabajo igual de bien y es mucho más ligero y fácil de usar, además de que tiene mucha versatilidad de uso, me encanta, es una gran herramienta!

Some of the joints are not working properly. Very clumsy to use. I had asked a call back from the supplier to get help on using it. They never called. I will be returning it.

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I have used professional video tripods like Manfrotto, I know how a fluidhead should work. The whole idea of a Fluidhead video tripod is smooth pan and tilt, and the main component -the Fluidhead - is defective and does not offer smooth pan and the Fluidhead screws off when trying to rotate the head. You'd be disappointed. I know vodeo tripods are not cheap but it's better to save and buy a good and reliable one. At the end of the day all you should care about is smooth footage.

Su altura de 1.80 y la posibilidad de cambiar de cabezal, lo hacen una exelente opción para despues comprar un mejor cabezal o tambien comprar uno para fotografia.