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Manfrotto Befree Advanced Alu Travel Tripod with Lever Locks & 494... Reviews

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Key features
Max. height: 151 cm
Min. height: 40 cm
Max. payload: 8 Kg
4 leg sections
This model features the QPL Travel Levers
QPL Travel lever lock secures maximum stability and easy setup
Includes Advanced 494 Center Ball Head with three independent ergonomic controls
Side pull selector ensures quick setup with both hands
Features Manfrotto Easy Link for connecting accessories
Ultra compact & lightweight; weight: 1590 g
Perfect for traveling & hiking
Includes carry case
Always steady.
The Befree advanced features a new spider developed to ensure perfect stability on all types of terrain, including the most uneven, always keeping the camera completely steady and ready to capture sharp images. 
QPL Travel Lever Locks
This model also provides a new locking mechanism called the QPL Travel lever, a brand-new system developed by Manfrotto that brings the full locking power of the professional QPL lever on professional Manfrotto tripods like the 190 & 055 collections, to a more lightweight version that is ideal for travel. The new on-off mechanism makes set-up and adjustment easy and secure, providing full stability in all its configurations when the tripod is open.
Change your shooting perspective intuatively
The ergonomic leg-angle selector is designed to be used by both right and left-handed photographers, enabling everyone to change shooting perspectives intuitively and to find the right tripod height without losing focus on the shot they want. The Befree advanced can easily be set to three independent leg angle positions, guaranteeing full shooting versatility for all the creative ideas that can emerge outdoors.
Manfrotto Easy Link
The spider featured on this innovative model also provides an Easy Link, just like Manfrotto’s professional 190 & 055 tripods, allowing photographers to enhance their creativity by adding accessories that make their shot unique and unforgettable. Photographers who love adding lights or reflectors can now take amazing outdoor shots that were previously only achievable with heavy accessorised tripods.
Includes Advanced 494 Ball Head
The tripod is kitted out with Manfrotto’s Advanced 494 aluminium Center ball head, a small but powerful and intuitive head that allows quick and precise camera movement. The 494 Center ball head features three independent controls: a main knob for managing the sphere lock, an integrated friction control knob that adjusts the ball tension so that equipment weight is always perfectly balanced and shots framed effortlessly; an independent panoramic knob that keeps the horizon flat and moves the camera horizontally, enabling astonishing landscape shots.
Arca-swiss compatible
The head mounts a unique plate that makes it fully compatible with the world’s most widespread standard head attachments: Manfrotto RC2 and Arca-swiss style. With this aluminium plate fixed to the camera, all Manfrotto heads and almost all tripod heads on the market featuring Arca-style attachments can be set up rapidly and effortlessly, with no need for disassembly components.

About Wilkinson Cameras:

Wilkinson Cameras, founded in 1986, is an independent photographic retailer with 10 high street stores across the northwest of England and offering UK-wide sales through www.wilkinson.co.uk

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I was looking for a sturdy well made tripod at a reasonable price and this ticks the boxes
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Posted 4 years ago
Mrs M Sinden
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Very well made and easy to use. Holds up to 8kg which is very handy for heavy zoom lenses.
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Posted 4 years ago
Chuft with this product, sturdy, lightweight and compact. Ticks all the boxes
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Posted 6 years ago