Wayne Reimer
May 6th, 2011, 08:42 AM
I was wandering around my favorite camera store yesterday, and discovered they are carrying a fairly extensive line of E-Image tripods and heads. I was a bit surprised, since this is a national chain, that tends to stick with higher end "name" products.
I started playing around with a couple of the tripods they had on display, and was quite impressed with the overall "package" for the price. The products seem quite well made, tolerances are good, everything that "locks" does so with authority.
Since I had my camera in the car, I asked if I could mount it and test drive the tripods. I must say, I was impressed. the 5 & 6K offerings they had were beautiful; exttremely smooth pans, very stable platforms.
I then mounted my camera on their bargain basement set-up; $399 ( on sale) for a "fluid head" ( not sure about that) and tripod. Overall, it was much better than I would have expected, even for a cheap set up. Stable, smooth, several nice features that you normally don't see at that price point. Overall, it performed equal to or better than my Manfrotto tripod and head that's worth 3 times the money.
Given the performance, and the fact that it actually comes with a fairly nice padded carry bag, I'm tempted to pick one up for carrying in the trunk all the time as a casual use tripod.
Does anyone have any experience with this line? I believe they are manufactured by Weifeng in China.
I started playing around with a couple of the tripods they had on display, and was quite impressed with the overall "package" for the price. The products seem quite well made, tolerances are good, everything that "locks" does so with authority.
Since I had my camera in the car, I asked if I could mount it and test drive the tripods. I must say, I was impressed. the 5 & 6K offerings they had were beautiful; exttremely smooth pans, very stable platforms.
I then mounted my camera on their bargain basement set-up; $399 ( on sale) for a "fluid head" ( not sure about that) and tripod. Overall, it was much better than I would have expected, even for a cheap set up. Stable, smooth, several nice features that you normally don't see at that price point. Overall, it performed equal to or better than my Manfrotto tripod and head that's worth 3 times the money.
Given the performance, and the fact that it actually comes with a fairly nice padded carry bag, I'm tempted to pick one up for carrying in the trunk all the time as a casual use tripod.
Does anyone have any experience with this line? I believe they are manufactured by Weifeng in China.