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 Light weight compact tripod May 21, 2010
Steven G. (USA)
This tripod is exactly what we needed for our Safari. We had serious weight limitation due to us taking bush planes, so we could not bring our regular Manfrotto carbon tripod with 2 pound swivel head.
The Velbon SF-40 was cheap, stable, compact, very light weight and did everything a tripod is supposed to do. We used it with a Canon 20D and 40D SLR and an L-series 100-400mm IS lens. Yes, it was holding up the weight remarkably well for its size (struggled slightly with the big lens).
Originally we were planning to leave it behind (you know souvenirs take space), but because it worked so well decided to bring it back home with us. This baby will be a travel companion from now on when space and weight is limited.
Okay, for its cost September 15, 2009
Bobby L. Tefft
I have two of these. I've recently started digiscoping (I use a Vortex 20-60x80 ED spotting scope married to a Nikon P5100) and find this DF-40 is a little too light-weight. When I try to pan, its hurky-jerky (probably due to the weight of the load on top.) So, I purchased a Quantaray QSX-9500 Heavy-Duty Tripod with Fluid Head. Much, much better than the DF-40, pannig is now smooth as silk.
But for holding point and shoot cameras, you can't beat it.
You cant beat this tripod for the price September 14, 2009
Geoffrey Dyer (SLC, UT)
I was skeptical when i heard the words, "flimsy", "lightweight", etc...
But it was cheap. So i ordered it.
10 states, thousands of miles, and countless hikes later this tripod is still holding up.
Its been in streams, rivers, over 14,000 feet and 100+ degree weather. For $30 this tripod has paid for itself 10 times over!
A couple of notes: the plastic screw on the camera mount is a joke and needs to be replaced with a metal one. Also the tripod is plastic so don't over tighten the screws, they will crack...
 Good stand for price. March 12, 2009
Mike Lee
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't need anything fancy, and this is much nicer than the similarly priced items at the local electronics stores.
 Adequate but flimsy February 2, 2009
Michael A (Bern, Swizterland)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've been using an old metal tripod for over twenty years and wanted something modern, lightweight and affordable. The DF-40 is all three of the things for which I asked. However, in hindsight I see now that I needed to add criteria such as "well-made" or "quality" to the list I was using to determine my purchase.
The stand itself is adequate and what I expected for the price but the plastic head feels quite flimsy and even when locked down still has a bit of wobble to it. Enough so that shooting without a cable release or IR remote may well cause an unintended motion blur which kind of defeats the reason for using a tripod. All of the knobs and levers feel equally frail and I am willing to bet that something breaks on this tripod within the first half dozen uses. When I first mounted my D-80 to it, I was a little hesitant to move my hands away because the weight seemed a bit much for the head.
It seemed like a good value as the next major price point is significantly higher, but now that I have received it and given it a thorough look, I would not have purchased the DF-40 had I been able to see and touch it first.
EDIT (Please Read) - I've now had the product for about four months now and it has held up far better than I anticipated. The fragile knobs I thought would break still feel fragile, but they haven't broken yet and I carried the tripod in a backpack for about two weeks and it held up fine. Thus I feel it necessary to upgrade my review - I now believe the product to be a good buy and although the page won't let me change my star rating, I would now give this tripod 4 stars.
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