Dave Allen
January 3rd, 2010, 10:02 PM
The Mathews M25 video tripod has a manufactuers max load rating of 15 lbs.
The Cobra Crane complete kit at 12' long with the external monitor weighs 15lbs. The camera will be an FX1 with at times a large wide angle Canon lens.
Between all that and a counterbalance, the load will be in the 30lb range.
Now with all the legs retracted on the Mathews M25, I just put 190 lbs on it static with no real flex or collapse. I didn't try to operate the fluid head because, well, I was balancing on the head with one hand, lol.
I have no time or $100 laying around to buy a carbon fiber Manfrotto tripod with a 503 head that is rated for 30lbs, and nobody local has a Cobra Crane to try on my Mathews M25 tripod, so I am looking for someone to tell me that it will work just fine with a 30lb load. If it won't, I don't want to hear it, lol.
Seriously though, what are your opinions?
The Cobra Crane complete kit at 12' long with the external monitor weighs 15lbs. The camera will be an FX1 with at times a large wide angle Canon lens.
Between all that and a counterbalance, the load will be in the 30lb range.
Now with all the legs retracted on the Mathews M25, I just put 190 lbs on it static with no real flex or collapse. I didn't try to operate the fluid head because, well, I was balancing on the head with one hand, lol.
I have no time or $100 laying around to buy a carbon fiber Manfrotto tripod with a 503 head that is rated for 30lbs, and nobody local has a Cobra Crane to try on my Mathews M25 tripod, so I am looking for someone to tell me that it will work just fine with a 30lb load. If it won't, I don't want to hear it, lol.
Seriously though, what are your opinions?