From the past, I have had a few options to use for a tripods when I needed a steadier hand for those slow shutter speeds.....but as time goes on, you will always weed out the " OK " ones for the good ones. All you need to define for yourself is what constitutes perfection. For me the main thing is versatility and being small and light. I now have three tripod's and one little gizmo which makes things satisfactory for my own uses in the majority of locations I find myself at. Although I hardly need to bring all three along, I can choose what might be a good one to have when I give some thought to the days shooting. The largest one can come and stay in the car if I think it will just get in the way, but at least I have it, and even when I don't wind up using it for the camera, it can double as a " walking stick " for climbing around and searching for that elusive angle.....
Here are my two small ones, of which, I use the larger of the two for my film camera and the smaller one for the lighter digital camera. Also in the image is my quick mount, which can be used on any of my tri-pods.
This is how the legs retract into the tube of the larger of the two......
In this image, you can see relative size of it all with a 35mm film camera for comparison.
How small is the small one ?....Here it is situated on the mount of my full size tri-pod.....
And finally, here is the quick mount.....you can see that the rubber diamond pattern on the right is what grips under the camera when it is attached to the regular screw mount, also you can see the hole through which the locking button protrudes when both parts are slid toegther ..... on the left is the tri-pod mounted item which has a silver release tab. You can see the locking button in line with it, and also you can see the white slide which is the locking mechanism to prevent unwanted accidental removal. Both items screw to their respective parts (tri-pod and camera) to allow a very quick method of changing between hand holding and shooting from a rigid platform.
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