Product Description

The 718SHB is an extremely compact 4-section tripod with a short folded length that will fit in your luggage with space left over. The 718SHB has a built-in hybrid video/photo 3-Way head with a "dovetail" quick release camera plate (can be locked in place one-handed), separate pan and tilt locks, and a short pan/tilt bar for more ergonomic use while panning or tracking moving subjects. The leg pivot system uses a unique single hinge design in aluminum, which both keeps the cross section smaller and allows the leg to fold shorter than conventional tripods. The tripod is built with "D" profile tubular legs for extra torsional rigidity and quick flip leg locks for ease and speed of set-up. A quick action lever also blocks the reversible center column extension.

Product Details

• Brand: Bogen
• Model: 718SHB
• Released on: 2006-04-14
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 4.00" w x 21.00" l, 5.00 pounds

Features

• Extremely compact four-section tripod with a short folded length that will fit in your luggage with space left over
• Built-in hybrid video/photo three-way head with a "dovetail" quick release camera plate
• Separate pan and tilt locks, and a short pan/tilt bar for more ergonomic use
• Built with "D" profile tubular legs for extra torsional rigidity and quick-flip leg locks for ease and speed of set-up
• 48.5-inch maximum height, 5.5-pound maximum load

Manufacturer Description
The Bogen-Manfrotto 718SHB is an extremely compact four-section tripod with a short folded length that will fit in your luggage with space left over. The 718SHB has a built-in hybrid video/photo three-way head with a "dovetail" quick release camera plate (can be locked in place one-handed), separate pan and tilt locks, and a short pan/tilt bar for more ergonomic use while panning or tracking moving subjects. The leg pivot system uses a unique single hinge design in aluminum which both keeps the cross section smaller and allows the leg to fold shorter than conventional tripods. The tripod is built with "D" profile tubular legs for extra torsional rigidity and quick flip leg locks for ease and speed of set-up. A quick action lever also blocks the reversible center column extension.

Features include:

• Leg sections use three-faceted tubing for greater anti-torsional resistance.
• Compact yet solidly-built three-way head allows versatile use with both photo and video cameras. The short pan bar helps keep movements smooth.
• Part of the DIGI series of lightweight, compact supports for small digital point-and-shoot cameras.
• Anti-rotation tubing and leg collars make for a tripod that's easier and faster to open, position and close. Manfrotto uses several different types of anti-rotation system -- on Magfiber and Digi series tripods, the elliptical or three-faceted shape of the concentric tubes means they cannot rotate, while on round-tubed tripods small protrusions down the length of the tube keep sections perfectly aligned.
• Materials, design and construction techniques have been carefully selected to help save weight without sacrificing stability or strength.
• Tripod with built-in head -- unlike most Manfrotto models, this tripod is pre-fitted with an unremovable head. This ensures compatibility and keeps weight and size to a minimum, but means the head cannot be interchanged in the future.
• The rubber feet on DIGI series tripods are angled for a larger, more stable point of contact with the ground.
• The DIGI design uses a single-sided pivot between the tripod leg and the shoulder casting to keep the tripod's cross section even more compact and to reduce overall weight.
• The "dovetail" camera plate is Manfrotto's most compact quick release system, suitable for compact up to light SLR cameras. Its advantage is that it is pushed inwards and upwards on the tripod head, ensuring a rock-solid grip.
• The features of this product make it ideal for both photographic and video applications
• Three separate axes of movement -- panoramic rotation, front-back tilt and side tilt.
• By keeping the head and camera mounting plate as low as possible, the camera is kept safely closer to the tripod's center of gravity for more stable support.

What's in the Box:
Tripod, rucksack-style bag.

Customer Reviews

Twist locks break in cold weather
The Digi 718SHB is certainly a nice tripod. It's small and you can take it anywhere. The thing that makes me very unhappy about it is the quality of the twist locks. The plastic they are made of becomes brittle under freezing temperatures. During a trip to the Grand Canyon 3 locks broke because of the relatively cold weather (-5C/23F). I had to mend them with scotch tape. It's very upsetting as I thought a Manfrotto tripod would last me forever.

The Perfect Tripod!!!
This is the Perfect Tripod for travel or just keeping in your car. It is Very Well Built I can not think of a better design and with almost every product you come across, you have flaws, and So you think of on how to improve upon the product...Not with this Tripod. It is Very light,Super Compact. The Friction of every moving part is to perfection. Each locking mechanism will keep you confident that nothing will be slipping or creeping on you. To top it off the carrying bag is made to last it also is constructed of The Highest Quality. Manfrotto put alot of thought into this and never overlooked any details. Niether did they try to save some money with second rate materials. The only issue you might have with this is that it may be to light for you if you had a heavier camera with a bigger lens and a flash tilted all the way down and it was really windy. Other than that it is a great Buy, Definetly worth the money and definatly worth writing about.

718SHB tripod
Nice little travel tripod. I used it with a smallish DSLR setup and it was close to it's limit even there.