When I swapped my big heavy DSLR for a mirrorless camera three years ago, one of my main drivers was to save weight and size. Since then I’ve been able to change to a smaller, lighter camera bag and also a much lighter tripod, but the tripod I settled on wasn’t very compact, so I continued my search.
I first discovered the “Leofoto” brand a couple of years ago and decided that they had some interesting products, but it wasn’t until they announced their “Mr. Y” tripod that I really sat up and took some notice. Here was tripod that was light, rigid and very compact when stowed. The tripod wasn’t available in the UK where I live, but it was available via Leofoto USA, so I placed my order and 5 days later it arrived.
I’m very pleased with the quality of the product. Its’s light and very rigid and I particularly like the way the centre column inverts for low angle shooting and I also like the ease of adjusting the legs to the 4 different angles.
Overall I’m very pleased with my purchase. Ideally for my use, I would have preferred it to be 50mm longer when stowed and I would prefer a tripod head with a separate pan rotate, but these are minor gripes.