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Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

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Old 29-03-2009, 8:12 PM   #1
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Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

Am really interested in this:

Giottos - Premium Quality Tripods, Heads & Accessories

I would rather a ball head but can't find the legs available without the 3 way PT head?

Have considered redsnapper but I really want the 3-D centre column function of the Giottos.

Can't find much info anywhere so hoping to find a user of one before I buy

Cheapest I can find: Giottos MTL9361B + MH5001 Tripod & Head kit | Tripods | College Cameras Ltd.

Or is there something similar I could go for with ability to have horizontal centre column and a ball head for £120 ?

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Old 30-03-2009, 9:52 AM   #2
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Re: Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

Nevermind I spent till the early hours searching and a few more this morning and have settled on this

Giottos MH1302-652 Ball Head Series II MH1302-652 1 £52.99
Giottos MTL Adjustable Column MTL9351B 1 £67.99
Giottos Tripod bag AA1252 1 £14.99
Next Day Delivery - - - - £8.99

All from College Cameras, cheapest I could find.

Must say thanks to Pirate as its his posts that allerted me to there prices and also the purchase of the Tamron 55-200 di II last week

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Re: Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

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Must say thanks to Pirate as its his posts that allerted me to there prices and also the purchase of the Tamron 55-200 di II last week

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Old 30-03-2009, 12:13 PM   #4
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Re: Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

I use a Giottos and I am really pleased with it. If I had spotted the thread earlier that might have been a helpful post.........as it is?
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Old 30-03-2009, 1:25 PM   #5
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Re: Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

Too late, but you've made a good buy. I've used Giottos tripods and do like them.
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Old 30-03-2009, 1:28 PM   #6
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Re: Giottos tripod - anyone have experience of them?

Thanks anyway gents, just couldn't find much info apart from there own website.
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