Product Description

Dolica's 61-inch carbon fiber Proline tripod is ideal for both indoor and outdoor photography. It's perfect for events and sports activity, capturing that one amazing shot. Designed for use with digital SLR cameras. Key tripod features: professional carbon-fiber construction; able to support up to 17.6 pounds; Base thread: 3/8 inches; ballhead; quick release plate; bubble level and compass; 90-degree vertical platform; standard-wide angle, semi-wide angle, full-wide angle; quick release leg locks and non-slip rubber feet. Includes extra quick release plate.

Product Details

• Brand: DOLICA
• Model: CX620B104
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.00" w x 27.00" l, 6.00 pounds

Features

• Includes professional tripod and ball head
• Max operating load: 17.6 lbs
• Maximum operating height: 61.4 inches; Minimum operating height: 18.5 inches
• Base thread: 3/8 inches; Quick release thread: 1/4 inches
• Panoramic angle: horizontal-360 degrees and vertical-90 degrees

Customer Reviews

Should have spent the extra money...
I have had this tripod for a little over a month now, and have used it maybe a dozen times. I had a good first impression of it, but it has degraded pretty quickly (and I've been as careful with it as with any other photographic equipment). Specifically, the ring used to lock the center column is too easily overtightened, to the point that I've needed pliers to collapse the center column after shooting. The ball head is poor quality; when framing a shot precisely you'll notice the head has a tendency to drift significantly when trying to lock the position down.

The last straw came a couple weeks ago when one of the smallest telescoping leg sections broke off about two inches from the inner end (the tripod had not been dropped or otherwise received any blunt force; this is from normal use). This leg now cannot extend as far as the others, will not collapse fully, and will come all the way out of the middle leg section if extended too far.

For the low price, I did expect some compromises in quality, particularly with the ball head and other locking/release mechanisms. I did not expect the hardware to essentially fall apart within two months of normal use. I no longer trust this tripod to support my camera, and suppose my next purchase will be a real, trusted brand of tripod. In retrospect it would have been better to pay for a good tripod initially, rather than paying twice.

Best Carbon Fiber Tripod for the Money!
Don't look elsewhere! After months of research, I ended up buying this tripod and haven't been disappointed. In my opinion, there's no other carbon fiber tripod with so many features out there in the market for less than $150. The tripod comes with a bubble level, a full 360 degrees scale for panoramic shots, a hook for hanging a sandbag, retractable spikes within rubber footings, a compass, a sturdy ball head with multiple rubber encased metal knobs that allows one to rotate the camera easily for landscape and portrait shots, center column to raise mounted camera to about 6 feet high, two quick plates, and a nice sturdy bag with an inside zippered pocket that holds a hex tool. The tripod was able to solidly support my Canon 40D, Canon EF 2X II Extender, Canon EF 70-200 F/2.8L IS USM Zoom Lens, and Canon 580EX II Flash in any position without any sags. I believe my setup weighed about 9 pounds! The tripod is also light weight. I highly recommend this tripod over any of the other carbon fiber tripods out there! It is definitely the carbon fiber tripod with the most bang for the buck!

Good but has a few issues
I currently use a Slik U212 and U112 tripod. This tripod is about the weight of the 112 and almost as sturdy as the 212 which weighs twice as much. I would have rated this tripod at 5 for value were it not for a couple of quality issues. The thumb screw to lock the panning on the ball head was stuck allowing the thumb screw nut to unscrew without unlocking the panhead. Once I figured this out, I unscrewed the nut completely from the stud and put thread locking compound on the nut so that the screw would unscrew properly.

The other small problem is that one of the lower leg sections does not like to extend all the way without a strong pull to get the last half inch out. All off the rest of the sections extend smoothly to the maximum limit. Even with these issues it is a nice tripod... the good quality case and extra mounting plate are a nice bonus (the extra mounting plate and tools are in a zipper pocket on the inside of the case).

One final issue keeping this tripod at four instead of five is the hex screw on the base of the camera mounting plate. It will not be as easy to screw in tightly to the camera as the Slik mounting posts or knurled knobs used on other tripods. One could probably use a quarter in the slot but that is a little less convenient than other approaches.

The ball head has two adjustment screws; the smaller one for "drag" to adjust the ball to the weight of your setup so that it moves smoothly without flopping over. The larger one is to lock the ball securely in place once you have framed your shot. The function of the two ball head screws is not covered in the included manual. Overall it is a nice tripod and probably worth the $100 price.